THAT’S A MAJOR PLUS
WE’RE THE FIRST IN ASIA TO BRING SELECTED DISNEY+ ORIGINAL TITLES ON BOARD – SO YOUR IMAGINATION CAN TAKE FLIGHT AS YOU DO BY CHARLOTTE AMES-ETTRIDGE
DISNEY+ has a new home in the skies. Starting this month, you can find the one-stop platform for some of your favourite Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and National Geographic titles right here on all Cathay Pacific aircraft.
“This is a milestone for us,” says Alvin Lai, Customer Experience Manager – Entertainment at Cathay. “We are the first airline in Asia Pacific to carry selected Disney+ original titles on board our planes, and one of just a handful worldwide.”
From animated and live action films to documentaries, the inflight Disney+ catalogue is brimming with exciting content, ensuring you won’t need to wait until you arrive at your destination to make new discoveries.
“Our passengers will be able to watch content that has never been brought to the skies before, including original Disney+ releases like Marvel Studios’ Loki (Season 1, EP 1-2) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Season 1, EP 1-2), as well as Zootopia+ (Season 1, EP 1-3),” says Lai.
For Lai, this collaboration is the natural evolution of Cathay Pacific’s inflight entertainment services, which were named the World’s Best at this year’s Skytrax World Airlines Awards. “Disney+ is very selective about who they collaborate with,” says Lai. “This shows we’re the right choice.”
As the person responsible for ensuring we hold onto the title, Lai takes leisure seriously. He says, “We expand our library based on our passengers’ needs, and we know they want streaming platform content. Not only have we responded, but we’ve done so before any other airline in our region.”
With about 100 hours of movies and series, and more still to come, the only challenge may be deciding what to watch. Read our Plus Picks to see what Lai thinks should be mandatory viewing.