Sunday, January 15, 2023 – 4:44 PM
DUBAI, 15th January, 2020 (WAM) — Emirates Airlines continues to restore its operations in Australia by providing an additional daily service to Brisbane, at a time when the airline celebrates 20 years of serving this city, one of the four Australian gateways within Emirates’ extensive global network.
From June 1, 2023, Emirates will operate a second daily flight to Brisbane with a Boeing 777-300ER. Emirates flight EK430 will take off from Dubai International Airport at 2:30 am and arrive in Brisbane at 10:20 pm, while the return flight will be EK431, leaving Brisbane at 2:50 am and arriving in Dubai at 11:00 am. :00 am All appointments are in local time for both Dubai and Brisbane.
Emirates currently serves Brisbane with a daily A380.
With the start of the new service, Emirates Airlines will return to operating at pre-COVID-19 levels to Brisbane, where capacity across this city will be boosted by more than a quarter of a million seats annually in both directions.
Barry Brown, Emirates Vice President Commercial Operations for Australia, said: “The new service, in addition to our daily A380 service to Brisbane, means that Emirates will provide approximately 12,000 seats to and from Brisbane each week. This is another important milestone in strengthening our capabilities in Australia and reaffirms our commitment.” long term in the country.
Brown added, “This year we will celebrate 20 years since Emirates began flying to Brisbane and during the height of the pandemic, the airline continued to provide a lifeline to repatriate Australians and enable important Queensland exports to continue.
The new flights will also help control airline ticket prices, which have gone up due to high demand and low supply.
For his part, CEO of Brisbane Airport Company, Gert Jan de Graaf, said that Emirates Airlines’ decision to double its service is a vote of confidence in the Brisbane and Queensland market, and provides more seats to the main markets in the Middle East and Europe, and contributes significantly to compensating for what we lost due to the pandemic.
Stirling Hinchcliffe, Queensland Minister of Tourism, welcomed Emirates Airlines’ enhancement of passenger and cargo capacity, pointing to the many benefits that would result from it.
With the start of the new daily service to Brisbane on June 1, 2023, the number of Emirates Airlines flights to Australia will reach 49 flights per week, which will support the revival of tourism and enhance trade and business opportunities by providing more seats for travelers to and from Australia.
It is noteworthy that Emirates Airlines has been serving Australia for more than 25 years, as it has transported more than 40 million passengers to and from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and other destinations through its hub in Dubai since 1996.
The airline provides wide options for customers traveling to Australia, including what enhances the ability of Australian companies to reach global markets through its wide network and benefit from the booming travel and tourism industry by attracting visitors.
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