Emirates offer special treat to young travellers

Children travelling on Emirates flights will be given a new bumper bag of goodies, including a rucksack, on outbound services from Dubai and a cool bag on the return leg in addition to the inflight entertainment package.

The goodies include a new soft toy called a Querk, an animal that takes on the guise of various animals from destinations around that world. It comes in a soft fabric bag with one of five costumes, namely Salaam the Lion, Yorkie the Eagle, Sydney the Koala, Paris the Rabbit and Delhi the Elephant.

For babies and toddlers, the Querk comes in the form of a glove puppet dressed in one of the five animal costumes.

The classic stories from Dr Seuss will also feature onboard in paperback. Emirates will rotate 10 of the classic children's stories. Along with the book, there's a colourful magazine, E Kids, which includes games, colouring pencils and child-size eyeshades.

Everything has been designed in brand new colours, the airline said. "The new product gives children their own livery of purple, green and yellow, which is applied to cutlery, tray mats, snack boxes, headset bags and toy bags".