|
|
 |
 |
 |
| Saturday, 11 October 2003 |
 |
|
 |
Business | |
| News Business Features Editorial Security Politics World Letters Sports Obituaries
|
Emirates launches daily flights to Brisbane In keeping with its commitment to its Australian and New Zealand customers, Emirates will launch its new daily service Dubai and Brisbane via Singapore WEF on October 26. Flights will be extended to Auckland, the commercial capital of New Zealand. Brisbane, state capital of Queensland, is the airline's fourth destination in Australia after Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. The new service will boost tourism and trade ties. Emirates has full traffic rights between Singapore and Brisbane, and Brisbane and Auckland. Initially, flights will be operated with an Airbus A330-200 in three-class configurations, offering 18 First class seats, 42 in Business and 183 in Economy. From December 1, a Boeing 777-300 will be operated on the route, which will increase the number of available Economy seats to 320, with the same number of First and Business class seats. Thus, an additional 2,660 Emirates seats per week will then be available into Brisbane. The Boeing 777-300 can also carry 23 tonnes cargo. Ghaith Al Ghaith, Executive Vice-President Commercial Operations Worldwide, said: "These flights are a demonstration of our commitment not only to our Australian and New Zealand customers but also our determination to become a serious player on the Trans-Tasman route. We are here to stay." He added: "We look forward to working with Tourism Queensland to increase leisure travel to Brisbane and the Gold Coast, already a favourite destination with Arab nationals. We also intend to serve communities in Queensland, especially retirees who have chosen to live in this wonderful part of Australia. "We offer an extremely good service with fast and convenient connections at our Dubai hub to points throughout the Middle East, Africa and Europe." The new service will provide a 33 per cent increase in flights per week into Brisbane. It will also increase by 18 per cent the number of seats per week on the competitive Singapore-Brisbane route. Flight EK430 departs Dubai daily at 08 hours 25; arrives Singapore 19:50; departs Singapore 21:00 and arrives Brisbane 06:25 the following day. The flight carries on to Auckland, Departing Brisbane at 07:50 and arriving Auckland at 13:55. All times are local. The return flight EK431 departs Auckland daily at 18:25; arrives Brisbane at 18:55; departs Brisbane at 20:05; arrives Singapore at 02:00 the following day; departs Singapore at 03:15 and arrives Dubai at 06:40 Dubai-based Emirates Airline was established in 1985. It has received more than 250 international awards since its inception. In 2003 alone it has been voted Airline of the Year - Silver Award, Best Economy and Best Airline to the Middle East, from Skytrax Research, and Passenger Service Airline of the Year from Air Transport World, USA, among others. The airline's fleet comprises 53 aircraft - a mix of Airbus A330-200s, Boeing 777-300s, 777-200s and 747-200/400Fs, with an average age of three years, the youngest in the skies. In 2006 Emirates will receive the first of 22 A380 double-decker super-jumbos on order, and over the next decade it expects to double its fleet size. Financially independent, Emirates is among the world's fastest-growing and five most profitable international airlines. It offers services to 70 cities in 50 countries in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Indian Sub-Continent and Asia-Pacific. Four new destinations come online this year - Moscow, Auckland, Brisbane and Lagos. Direct flights to North America start in 2004. Besides the airline, the Emirates Group includes Emirates Destination and Leisure Management, Emirates Holidays, Arabian Adventures, Al Maha Resort, Emirates SkyCargo, Dnata, Mercator, Transguard and Galileo. |
|
News | Business | Features
| Editorial | Security
Produced by Lake House |
