Emirates seem to have an abundance of Airbus A380 aircraft, and it seems the airline will deploy the double decker superjumbo plane on a 1 hour and 45 minute flight between Dubai and Kuwait. Emirates Airbus A380 preparing for take off at London Heathrow - Image GhettoIFE. I think Lucky could probably squeeze in at least one shower during that flight length, but he'd have … [Read more...]
United pulls back from Doha
United Airlines is to pull back from Doha in Qatar, and will only operate between Washington DC and Dubai. United Boeing 777 taxing at Heathrow - Image GhettoIFE The route operated to Doha via Dubai as a "tag-on" fifth freedom flight, adding an extra hour flight between cities, plus the transit time - a total of 16 hours 15 minutes (comparable for connecting flights with a … [Read more...]
Emirates adds another service between Dubai and Bangkok – SIX SERVICES A DAY
Emirates seems to be sending more aircraft and more seats to Bangkok with the announcement of a SIXTH daily return service between the two cities. EK370 DEPART DXB 15:00 ARRIVE BKK 00:20+1 EK371 DEPART BKK 01:55 ARRIVE DXB 05:55 Commences: 27th October Booked Equipment: Boeing 777-200ER The full break down of serices that operate daily between the two cities look like … [Read more...]
Emirates to upgrade LAX service to A380
For those of you taking the long flight between Dubai and Los Angeles, some good news for you as Emirates will be switching from a Boeing 777-300ER to an Airbus A380. The timetable looks like this: EK215 DEPART DXB 08:20 ARRIVE LAX 12:50 EK216 DEPART LAX 16:00 ARRIVE DXB 19:50+1 Operates Daily Booked equipment - Boeing 777-300ER to 1st December 2013 - Airbus A380 (489 Seat … [Read more...]
Emirates to move Dubai-London to all A380 operations forward
Emirates seem to have changed their plans to shift the Dubai to London route, with a move forward. EK007/EK008 will move forward as planned from the 28th October 2012 EK028/EK030 which was due to switch to A380 operations on 1st February 2013 will now instead switch on the 10th December 2012 The new timetable from 10th December is as follows: Dubai - London … [Read more...]
Emirates Dubai – London service switch to A380’s… completely!
Well it's taken long enough for Emriates, but it seems they now have enough of an A380 fleet to take Dubai to London Heathrow to A380 aircraft only. There are a few changes here, so pay attention. The 4th Daily Service (the planned EK007/EK008) trip has been shifted from 1st Feb 2013 to 28th October 2012. This rotation which was going to be a Boeing 777-300ER has been … [Read more...]
Emirates to go daily to Lisbon
That small and retiring carrier - Emirates - is expanding its sphere of influence and flights, this time expanding operations to Lisbon in Portugal. Operating as below: EK191 DEPART DXB 09:15 ARRIVE LIS 14:45 EK192 DEPART LIS 17:55 ARRIVE DXB 04:35+1 Commences 09/07/2012 Equipment Booked: Boeing 777-200ER The interesting thing is the launch of this … [Read more...]
Emirates expands in Glasgow – to go double-daily.
Emirates is still expanding quite happily and have confirmed the launch of a second service to Glasgow, whilst re-gauging the other service it operates to the city. By doing this, Emirates will introduce 3-Class service to Glasgow and operate a daytime and evening flight to Emriates, with a night-time and morning arrival into Dubai. The new service will be make the Glasgow … [Read more...]
Emirates continues London Heathrow expansion.. goes to 4 A380 services daily
Emriates last month announced it was going to increase A380 services to 3 times daily, with 2 services operated by 777-300ER's. Well a month seems to be a short time in aviation as Emirates announcing they are to 4 times daily with A380's. Flights EK005 and EK006 are the latest conversions on the London route - leaving EK007 and EK008 as the remaining Boeing 777-300ER … [Read more...]
