Emirates will launch its second daily flight on the Dubai-Melbourne route, served by its flagship A380 aircraft starting May 1. The airline will provide 14 weekly services from Dubai to Melbourne.
The additional daily frequency between Dubai and Melbourne will grow Emirates’ seats to over 1,000 a day totaling 700,000 per year between the airline’s global Dubai hub and Victoria, with 516 seats on each flight. Passengers can choose from 14 first-class suites, 76 lie-flat seats in business class and 426 ergonomically designed seats in economy class.
From May 1, Emirates’ additional flight will depart Dubai daily at 10:05 a.m., arriving in Melbourne at 5:30 a.m. the next day. From Melbourne, the flight will depart at 5:15 a.m. and arrive in Dubai at 1:10 p.m. The addition of the second daily A380 service will also offer customers more convenience with the option of choosing a morning or evening flight, for optimal onwards connection opportunities when they stop in Dubai. Tickets can be booked online, via the Emirates App, and through travel agents.
With Australia being the third-largest destination for Emirates’ A380 operations, the airline has been constantly increasing flights to the country, which will soar to 42 weekly flights in May, with the airline’s flagship flying to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Emirates also provides passenger services to Perth with the Boeing 777-300ER, which will operate daily from May 1.
Owing to the codeshare partnership between Emirates and Qantas, customers of both airlines can enjoy access to an expansive network of destinations. Besides over 120 destinations that Emirates flies to, its customers have access to almost 30 Australian destinations through the partnership, while Qantas customers can fly on Emirates to Dubai and access over 50 cities in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
Good to know: Emirates has extended its flexible booking policies to August 2022. Some tickets can be extended by up to 36 months.
For more information, visit emirates.com.
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