With the addition of an A380 service to Rome, it seems Emirates is continuing its attack on Alitalia and Etihad, with the addition of an Airbus A380 service between Dubai and Milan.
Emirates Airbus A380 preparing to take off at Heathrow – Image, GhettoIFE
Emirates currently operate a three times a day service between Dubai and Milan Malpensa utilising Boeing 777-300ER. One of these rotations will be switched over to the double-decker wonderplane from the 1st December 2014 – EK091/EK092.
EK91/EK92 is booked to operate as below:
EK091 DEPART DXB 15:40 ARRIVE MXP 19:35 EK092 DEPART MXP 21:20 ARRIVE DXB 06:25+1 EK091/092 operates with a Boeing 777-300ER until 30th November EK091/092 with an Airbus A380 from 1st December 2014 EK101/102, EK205/206 will continue to operate with Boeing 777-300ERs
Looking at the Emirates site, these flights have been loaded into the booking system – with availability possible.
Outbound segment from Dubai to Milan
Inbound segment from Milan MXP back to Dubai
So another A380 is to be deployed as Emirates squares up to Etihad. Some more choice is never a bad thing…
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