Emirates to Add Mauritius to Growing A380 Network

News Release, 10 July 2013

Emirates to Add Mauritius to Growing A380 Network

Emirates will commence a daily Airbus A380 service from Dubai to Mauritius from 16 December 2013, bringing to 23 the number of destinations to which it flies the double-decker aircraft.

The announcement of this daily service follows the special one-off A380 flight that the airline operated to Mauritius in March 2013 to celebrate the island’s 45 years of independence.

The new flight will replace one of the existing three-class Boeing 777-300 services the airline currently operates to Mauritius. This means Emirates will continue to serve the country on a double daily basis with an additional 153 seats on the route each day across First Class, Business Class and Economy Class.

“Having brought our flagship A380 aircraft to this beautiful island for the first time in March, we could see how much appeal the aircraft had for our customers on the route. A first amongst the Indian Ocean Islands, it is a matter of great pride to be able to offer this service on a daily basis from December this year”, said Thierry Antinori, Emirates’ Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer.

Emirates has been operating to Mauritius since 2002 with three flights per week and in December 2012 commenced a double daily service due to continued growing demand.

Emirates has been operating the A380 to Auckland since 2009  and remains the only airline to offer A380 service in New Zealand. All three of its daily flights to the city will be A380s from October this year.

The airline currently has 35 Airbus A380’s in its fleet, which is the world’s largest, with another 55 on order. Emirates currently operates the aircraft to from its’ hub in Dubai to Amsterdam, Auckland, Bangkok, Beijing, Brisbane, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Kuala Lumpur, London Heathrow, Manchester, Melbourne, Moscow, Munich, New York JFK, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Singapore, Shanghai, Sydney and Toronto. Forthcoming operations of the aircraft to Zurich and Los Angeles have also recently announced.

The Wi-Fi equipped Emirates A380s carry the world-renowned ice entertainment system, offering passengers nearly 1,500 channels of films, TV programmes, games and music and state-of-the-art inflight communications. On the upper deck, First Class passengers can freshen up in one of two on-board Shower Spas, while First and Business Class travellers can chat over a drink in the onboard lounge.

The Emirates A380 has carried almost 17 million passengers since the double decker was introduced five years ago. Since January of this year, Emirates’ A380 passengers have been able to experience the world’s first purpose built A380 concourse in Dubai, reflecting further investment in the airline’s global hub, which is set to grow to a capacity of 90 million passengers by 2018. Passengers transiting through Dubai also have a variety of exciting short holiday options to visit the vibrant city,that can easily be built into a travel itinerary.  

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