More Europe Choices for Kiwis as Emirates Adds to Network

News Release, 5 July 2012

More Europe Choices for Kiwis as Emirates Adds to Network

Two new Europe destinations will be added to the Emirates network as the rapidly-expanding airline embarks on major expansion in the next six months, on top of the 12 new routes already being rolled out in 2012.

New routes to Lyon, in France, and the Polish capital, Warsaw, will bring the number of Emirates’ destinations in Europe to 33 and bring even more choice for Kiwis flying on Emirates’ four daily services from New Zealand.

Emirates will also open a new Australian route from Dubai, adding Adelaide to the network. In addition, services between Dubai and Perth will be expanded.
Emirates will also launch the first ever scheduled A380 service to Moscow from December, when the double-decker will replace a Boeing 777-300ER on one of its two daily flights from Dubai to the Russian capital.
On the western side of the globe, the French city of Lyon will be added to the Emirates’ network from December 5, the carrier’s third point in France after Paris and Nice. Emirates will operate five weekly flights to this vibrant economic and tourism centre of south eastern France, offering a same-day connection at Dubai from New Zealand.

From February 6, 2013, Emirates will begin flights into Poland, where recently the World bank predicted the highest economic growth in the Central and Eastern European region. The airline will operate a daily service to the capital, Warsaw.

The Warsaw service will offer a direct connection at Dubai with the flights from New Zealand.

“Emirates is currently in a concentrated and sustained period of global expansion,” said His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive, Emirates Airline and Group. “The addition of Adelaide to our network and the boost to our Perth operations demonstrates our commitment to investment and growth in our Australian operations and highlights the economic strength and global demand for the two cities as business, leisure and investment destinations.

“We will also grow capacity to Melbourne with the introduction of daily A380 services in October, in addition to our existing double decker flight into Sydney.” (The A380 through Melbourne will also serve Auckland.)

“Our increased operations into France, linking with Lyon, come on the heels of our announcing a second A380 service into Paris from 1st January – all of which is a response to acute demand for our services to and from this market. Poland continues our exciting push into this region of Europe,” Sheikh Ahmed added.

From November 1, Emirates will launch four weekly flights from Dubai to Adelaide, rising to a daily service from February 1,2013. Adelaide will be the airline’s fifth destination in Australia, which is currently served with 70 flights per week.

The airline’s current double-daily service from Dubai to Perth will grow to 19 weekly flights from December 1, becoming a triple daily operation from March 1 next year.

Emirates, one of the fastest growing airlines in the world, has already launched nine new destinations so far in 2012 - Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Lusaka, Harare, Dallas, Seattle, Ho Chi Minh City and this week Barcelona. Lisbon will launch on July 9, Erbil follows on August 12 and Washington comes on board as of September 12.

The airline currently has a fleet of 176 aircraft, including the world’s largest Boeing 777 and Airbus A380 fleets, serving 124 destinations – supported globally by more than 60,000 staff.

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