As of yesterday Emirates Airlines will fly twice daily to New York and Paris with their A380’s.
The Emirates A380s having just been activated for the five daily flights from London’s Heathrow, the announcement of the NY and Paris hops now compliments Emirates’ Singapore and Moscow services. And, the airline has also confirmed the Warsaw and Algiers flights for later on this year.
According to news from the carrier, Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires, Dublin, Dallas, Seattle, Lusaka, Harare, Ho Chi Minh City, Barcelona, Lisbon, Erbil, Washington DC, Adelaide, Lyon and Phuket, are all planned as well.
Capacity into New York is lifted some 1848 seats per week, flights EK203 and EK204 will now be operated by the Airbus A380-800. EK203 departs from Dubai at 0225hrs, arriving at JFK at 0745hrs. The return sector EK204 leaves JFK at 1040hrs arriving in Dubai at 0810hrs the next day.
For Paris, 2198 seats per week are added; EK 075 leaves Dubai at 1500hrs and arrives in Paris at 1930hrs. The return flight, EK 076 departs Paris at 2110hrs arriving in Dubai at 0640hrs the next day.
Thierry Antinori, Emirates’ Executive Vice President, added:
“Emirates has redefined air travel and we look forward to offering the unique A380 experience to even more of our passengers on the Paris and New York routes with the exceptional and innovative features we offer on-board including the industry first Shower Spas, the First and Business Class On-Board lounge and an award-winning inflight system offering 1400 channels of on-demand entertainment. Combine this with our gourmet cuisine as well as a network spanning six continents, and you have a product which has become extremely popular with our global travellers.”