Emirates unveils major expansion across Asia Pacific
Friday, 13 November 2009
Emirates will advance its flights in Asia Pacific with planned capacity enhancements to Bangkok, Sydney, Manila and Jakarta, said a press release.
Starting December 2009, Emirates will introduce a fourth daily service to Bangkok, a third daily service to Sydney, two additional flights to Manila and one additional service to Jakarta.
17 flights per week will be added between December 2009 and January 2010, representing 13 per cent growth in seat capacity. Post increase, the airline's operation in Asia Pacific will escalate to 187 flights per week.
Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations Far East and Australasia Richard Jewsbury said, "The Middle East is one of the few regions that continues to record steady traffic growth, demonstrated by an eight per cent expansion in passenger demand since the beginning of the year. At the same time, Asian markets are rebounding with reports of resurgent traffic at key airports in the region. We are confident of seeing a recovery soon and are introducing additional capacity to serve the increasing demand."
Emirates' fourth daily service to Bangkok comes into effect on 2nd December operated by a state-of-the-art Boeing 777-300 in a three class configuration (12 First, 42 Business and 3 10 Economy C I ass seats).
Starting, 2nd December, the Australian city of Sydney will receive its third-daily Emirates flight on Mondays, Wednesday, Fridays and Sundays. The service will be stepped up to cover Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays with effect from 2nd January 2010, bringing Emirates' weekly capacity to 70 flights.
Starting December 2009, Emirates will introduce a fourth daily service to Bangkok, a third daily service to Sydney, two additional flights to Manila and one additional service to Jakarta.
17 flights per week will be added between December 2009 and January 2010, representing 13 per cent growth in seat capacity. Post increase, the airline's operation in Asia Pacific will escalate to 187 flights per week.
Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations Far East and Australasia Richard Jewsbury said, "The Middle East is one of the few regions that continues to record steady traffic growth, demonstrated by an eight per cent expansion in passenger demand since the beginning of the year. At the same time, Asian markets are rebounding with reports of resurgent traffic at key airports in the region. We are confident of seeing a recovery soon and are introducing additional capacity to serve the increasing demand."
Emirates' fourth daily service to Bangkok comes into effect on 2nd December operated by a state-of-the-art Boeing 777-300 in a three class configuration (12 First, 42 Business and 3 10 Economy C I ass seats).
Starting, 2nd December, the Australian city of Sydney will receive its third-daily Emirates flight on Mondays, Wednesday, Fridays and Sundays. The service will be stepped up to cover Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays with effect from 2nd January 2010, bringing Emirates' weekly capacity to 70 flights.