A movie set around planes, a comedy about media moguls, and meditation ‘music’ was the most watched and listened to inflight entertainment on Qantas flights in 2022.
With usage doubled compared to 2019, Qantas flyers spent more than 60 million hours using the airline’s onboard entertainment and inflight wi-fi in 2022.
Viewed more than 750,000 times, Top Gun: Maverick topped the inflight film charts despite only debuting in September. In the month of its release, an average of one in three customers on all flights watched the film.
Aussie hits Elvis and Falling for Figaro were apparently also popular.
TV show Succession was watched for more than 243,000 hours on board, while And Just Like That breathed new life into Sex in the City, with around 200,000 hours of viewing. In third place, Yellowstone prequel 1883 reached a similar level of popularity.
Meanwhile, the most watched kids’ shows were Kamp Koral and Bluey.
Choosing meditation over music, Qantas passengers tuned into 417 Hz Mindfulness by Miracle Tones & Solfeggio Healing Frequencies MT the most, marking the first time meditation topped the inflight audio charts. The health and wellness audio racked up 1.7 million hours of listening.
When it came to pop, Adele’s 30 took out top spot.
Wi-fi flying high
Passengers’ use of Qantas’ free wi-fi soared in 2022, with an average 18GB downloaded per flight, equivalent to 125 hours of streaming music.
Brisbane to Perth was the most connected route, with 95 per cent of customers taking advantage of the free service, compared to the network average of a tick over 60 per cent. Notable spikes in usage occurred during big sporting events like football finals and cricket.
On the news front, the most notable occurrence was the 500 per cent spike in visits to the New York Times following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Unsurprisingly, Facebook and Instagram were the most used social platforms followed by Snapchat and TikTok.
New to Qantas this year was the rollout of inflight entertainment streamed to customers’ own devices on QantasLink’s regional jets and a dedicated Paramount+ category within the onboard entertainment platform.
Top Five Movies:
1. Top Gun: Maverick
2. No Time to Die
3. The Lost City
4. Bullet Train
5. House of Gucci
Top Five TV shows
1. Succession
2. And Just Like That…
3. 1883
4. Halo
5. Euphoria
Top Five Kids Shows
1. Kamp Koral
2. Bluey
3. Spidey and his Amazing Friends
4. Kangaroo Beach
5. Big Nate
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