The growing network of Emirates continues to evolve with the announcement of a service to connect Dubai to the Brussels.
The timetable looks like this:
EK183 DEPART DXB 07:50 ARRIVE BRU 13:15 EK184 DEPART BRU 14:45 ARRIVE DXB 23:25 Commences 5th September 2014 Booked Equipment: Boeing 777-200LR
Timings into Brussels should allow time for an afternoon meeting, whilst the return leg to Dubai will allow connections to Emirates worldwide network as needed.
Emirates will operate one of their lower capacity Boeing 777’s – a 777-200LR on this route. This offers a three class product:
- 8 First Seats in 1-2-1 formation
- 42 Business Class Seats in 2-3-2 formation
- 216 Economy Class Seats in 3-4-3 formation
Emirates will have some competition to the area as Etihad have been operating in and out of Brussels for some time with their 8 flights a week between Brussels and Abu Dhabi. Qatar Airways also operate services to Brussels National too.
Emirates will one-up Etihad in offering a three class service over the two class service operated by an Etihad Airbus A330-200.
Still, for those who live in Brussels, and don’t fancy the trip over to Paris or a German airport to fly Emirates, this gives an extra option for you to consider.
isn’t using a 77L a bit of a waste considering the range the plane has? A 77E seems more suited (though maybe they don’t have that in the required configuration).
It does seem a bit of a waste. Probably as its the only one out of the 772’s that Emirates has that has three class equipment on it with the amount of passengers possible.
If they can get the loads up, then I can see a 777-300ER deployed quickly.
I’ll be honest though, the plane geek inside me is not sad in the least BRU is getting a 77L. It’s not exactly a common plane type, and (along with the A340) a plane type that is very rarely seen at BRU. BRU is not yet certified for A380 ops so I doubt they’ll throw an A380 on the route any time soon. A 77W upgrade seems likely though, looking
*at Etihad’s success (and Qatar too). Sorry for double posting btw, but I accidentally hit the submit comment button.
Dubin is a good example of Emirates did. Throw a daily service at it to start with and see what happens – in Dublin’s case, it’s now a two-daily service in the near future with Etihad throwing in resources too with an extra flight.
Give it time and hopefully larger planes will get there
However, its always fun to see rarer plane types (I get to see 787s, 777-300ERS and the odd 777-200LR at BHX… as well as the usual suspects of Ryanair and FlyMightBe…