The new aircraft will boost the airline’s weekly available seat per kilometres to 5.7 billion across its worldwide network of 145 destinations.
The new aircraft will boost the airline’s weekly available seat per kilometres to 5.7 billion across its worldwide network of 145 destinations.
This latest delivery takes Emirates’ all wide-body fleet to 224 aircraft, representing the world’s largest fleet of A380s, and also the world’s largest fleet of Boeing 777s.
Daily flights will commence to the European capitals of Madrid and Edinburgh next year, together with Kolkata and Entebbe, Uganda.
It is a huge engineering challenge but, if the project proceeds on schedule, a prototype of the single-aisle plane will take to the skies by the end of next year.
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has appointed Wuraola Oduntan as its new general manager for Nigeria. The appointment takes effect from July 1.
Flydubai has announced the opening of its business lounge, further enhancing its business class offering for passengers.
The broad scope of the commercial agreement reflected the strength of the relationship between the airlines and the close ties between the UAE and the Philippines.
With the A350 cancellation, it is likely that Emirates will exercise its 50 777X options and buy even more of them.
The app reduces the process to only two minutes per passenger.
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