Emirates continues to strengthen its capacity in Australia as travel demand continues to increase: the airline will increase its routes to Sydney (SYD) and Melbourne (MEL), as well as restart services to Christchurch (CHC).
«Adding a third daily service to Sydney and Melbourne will offer more than 500,000 additional seats to and from Australia in one year. Having the two cities operating again at pre-pandemic frequencies is a phenomenal milestone in our restoration of Australia capacity and a testament to our long-standing commitment to flying down under,» said Adnan Kazim, Emirates Airline’s Chief Commercial Officer.
The Gulf’s largest airline, by the first half of this year will operate 63 weekly flights to Australia with the capacity to move more than 55,000 passengers to and from major cities. Sydney (SYD) and Melbourne (MEL) will return to pre-pandemic levels, driving an increase in business and leisure travelers. Recently, Emirates announced increased operations to Brisbane (BNE) with two daily flights.
«This is great news for customers as it provides additional capacity for the strong demand we are seeing for travel from Melbourne to Europe and Asia. It’s also great news for Victorian exporters as the Boeing 777-300 aircraft provides additional cargo opportunities to Asia and the Middle East,» said Lorie Argus, Melbourne Airport’s chief executive officer.
Flight schedule
Sydney (SYD) – Dubai (DXB): third daily flight from May 1.
- Dubai – Sydney Flight EK 416 DXB 21:30 – SYD 17:20+1 daily flights.
- Sydney – Dubai Flight EK 417 SYD 20:10 – DXB 04:30+1 daily flights.
This new service will be operated on Boeing 777-300ER aircraft and will complement the twice daily Airbus A380 flights, which offer the airline’s new Premium Economy product.
Melbourne (MEL) – Dubai: third daily flight from March 26 via Singapore (SIN).
- Dubai – Singapore Flight EK 404 DXB 21:15 – SIN 08:50+1 daily flights.
- Singapore – Melbourne Flight EK 404 SIN 10:25 – DXB 20:35 daily flights.
- Melbourne – Singapore Flight EK 405 MEL 03:25 – SIN 08:15 daily flights.
- Singapore – Dubai Flight EK 405 SIN 09:40 – DXB 13:00 daily flights.
This new operation will be operated by Boeing 777-300ER aircraft and will complement the two daily non-stop flights.
Resumption to Christchurch (CHC) via Sydney (SYD) from March 26.
- Dubai – Sydney Flight EK 412 DXB 10:15 – SYD 07:00+1 daily flights.
- Sydney – Christchurch Flight EK 412 SYD 08:45 – CHC 13:50 daily flights.
- Christchurch – Sydney Flight EK 413 CHC 18:20 – SYD 19:40 daily flights.
- Sydney – Dubai Flight EK 413 SYD 21:45 – DXB 05:15+1 daily flights.
This service will be operated on four-class Airbus A380 aircraft, offering the new Premium Economy product, and Emirates will once again offer two destinations in New Zealand.
According to data compiled by Aviacionline through the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development, Emirates moved 3.080.000 passengers and 96.121,1 tons of cargo in the period June 2018-2019 mobilized in Australia. The company currently offers services to Sydney (SYD), Melbourne (MEL), Brisbane (BNE) and Perth (PER).
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