Emirates is expanding the sphere of its A350-900 operations with seven destinations earmarked to be served.
Emirates Airbus A350-900 – Image, Emirates
The routes that will gain the A350 are:
- Tunis – Emirates will operate the A350 six times weekly (all days except for Tuesday) to Tunis on EK 747/748 from 1st June.
- Amman – The EK 905/906 rotation will be served daily by the Emirates A350 from 1st June.
- Istanbul – The EK117/118 rotation will have daily operations from 1st July.
- Dammam – The Emirates A350’s first debut to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on its Dammam services (EK 827/828) will start on 1st July
- Ho Chi Minh City – Emirates first adventure to Asia with the A350 will be with the EK364/EK365 flight pair from the 1st August
- Baghdad – Emirates will operate its A350 to Baghdad three times weekly (Monday, Wednesday and Sunday) on EK 941/943 from 3rd August.
- Oslo – Operating Daily on EK159/160 from the 1st September
Emirates notes that if aircraft are delivered ahead of schedule, Emirates will bring forward the deployment of its Airbus A350
In addition to the newly added cities, Emirates will layer on more A350 services to Bahrain and Kuwait.
Bahrain will become a nearly all-A350 operation with the addition of the third daily EK 835/836 flight from 1st June. Kuwait will be served by a second A350 flight on the daily EK 857/858 from 1 October.
In addition, Bologna will receive its first A350 on 1 June, one month ahead of its latest announced deployment date.
The Emirates A350 features three cabin classes, accommodating 312 passengers. This aircraft is configured with 32 next-generation Business Class lie-flat seats in a 1-2-1 configuration and a mini-bar for quick snacks, 21 Premium Economy seats and 259 pitched Economy Class seats.
In Quotes
Adnan Kazim, Deputy President and Chief Commercial Officer of Emirates Airline said:
“Our strategic A350 expansion across diverse geographies in the Middle East/GCC, Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia leverages the aircraft’s operational flexibility and efficiency, while offering more customers expanded premium travel options and the opportunity to experience our latest generation interiors like Business Class and Premium Economy along with plenty of thoughtful touches throughout every cabin, now available in more cities than ever before.”
He added:
“The introduction of this aircraft and layering it on existing route schedules also enables Emirates to maintain a compelling competitive position as the airline of choice for discerning travellers looking for a unique slate of connectivity options and elevated onboard experiences they can’t have with any other carrier.”
More A350 choices… providing they arrive on time
Currently, Emirates has three Airbus A350-900 aircraft in its fleet, serving up to eight destinations in the Emirates network.
With another seven routes announced, along with planned capacity increases, the onus will be on Airbus to ensure these new aircraft are delivered in time for these new services to begin.
And who knows, if there is an early aircraft delivery, there’s a good chance that these routes could see an A350 sooner rather than later.
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