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Emirates Airlines EK

Emirates Airlines general information

Emirates Airlines (airline code EK) is a Dubai based carrier launched in October 1985 with first flights to Karachi in Pakistan and Mumbai (then Bombay) in India. At the end of February 2009, EK had flights on routes to 101 cities in 61 different countries, with about 100 flights a week just to the UK (91 in January 2007). From 14 October 2008, EK started transferring passenger arrivals and departures from Dubai Airport Terminal 1 (T1) to the new Terminal 3 (T3), starting with GCC and USA flights. Passengers on flights to other destinations were gradually phased over to T3 from October to December 2008 after which all EK departures from, and arrivals to, Dubai operated out of T3 (most other airlines operate from Terminal 1). The actual flights went to and from the new Concourse 2 connected to Terminal 3 but confusingly, a few Emirates aircraft still arrived at, or departed from, Concourse 1 (the Sheikh Rashid Terminal) which meant that passengers had to scurry back and forth from T3. See the Dubai Airport information with a more detailed explanation of the terminal vs concourse difference.

Skytrax World Airline Awards 2009

Emirates Airlines was in 5th place in the Skytrax Airline of the Year 2009 awards (Cathay Pacific won the top gong, and Etihad was in 7th spot). Emirates also got the top spot for the Best Inflight Entertainment award.

List of Emirates Airlines EK flight destinations from Dubai International Airport DXB

1. Male and Colombo code-share flights with Sri Lankan airlines no longer in operation.
2. Peshawar flights diverted to Islamabad from mid August 2009 after rocket attacks at Peshawar Airport, and an explosion at the only 5 star hotel in Peshawar. Flights to resume in November 2009 (not confirmed)?

• 24 February 2010 Emirates Airlines press release said a study by InterVISTAS Consulting, a transportation and tourism consultancy, said that increasing Emirates Airlines flights to Canada would bring up to $480 million of economic benefit, 2800 jobs, and 275,000 additional passengers. Those figures would be if there were daily flights to Calgary and Vancounver, and Toronto flights increased to 2x per day.

Emirates A380 routes

• Auckland (01 Feb 2009)
• Bangkok (01 Jun 2009)
• Beijing, China (01 August 2010) - announced 01 March 2010 (press release), daily flight EK306 departing DXB 0410, arrive Beijing Capital International Airport PEK 1510, depart PEK 2355, arrive DXB 0420 next day.
• Birmingham (09 Sep 2009) - one flight only to celebrate Birmingham International Airport's 70th anniversary.
• Jeddah (01 Feb 2010)
• London Heathrow (01 Dec 2008)
• New York (01 Aug 2008 - 01 June 2009), after June 2009, the double decker air bus will fly to Toronto and Bangkok, and a B777-300ER will take over on the DXB-JFK route. The A380 might return to the New York route in early 2010.
• Paris (01 Feb 2010 29 December 2009) - Emirates has two flights per day from Dubai to Paris but will only use the A380 for the morning flight - EK073 departs DXB 0800, arrives CDG 1225 (press release 24 June 2009). Annoucement on 25 November 2009 that start date moved forward, but A380 only on 3 morning flights per week.
• Rome (Jan 2010 - unconfirmed)
• Seoul (Nov 2009 14 December 2009)
• Singapore (Dec 2009)
• Sydney (01 Feb 2009)
• Toronto (01 Jun 2009)

Emirates planned to have 20 A380s in service by the end of 2010 but that has been revised to 15 (11 November 2009 report in Gulf News).

Emirates Airlines new routes in 2010

• Amsterdam (Netherlands), Madrid (Spain), Prague (Czech Republic), Tokyo (Japan)
• Dakar (Senegal) from 01 September 2010, 106th EK destination, 5x weekly on Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun. Airbus A340-300 aircraft used with 213 Economy Class, 42 Business Class, 12 First Class seats. EK 797 depart 0955 from DXB, arrive 1600 at Dakar-Yoff Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR). Return departs DKR 1740, arrive DXB 0715 next day. From EK press release 08 March 2010.

Emirates Airline aircraft numbers (valid 31 March 2009)

• Emirates fleet size of 132 wide-bodied aircraft including 4 Boeing A380 aircraft (another 7 expected by 31 March 2010).
• Emirates passenger numbers through Dubai Airport about 22 million for 2008, and 20 million for 2007.

Emirates Airlines sponsorship deals

• Arsenal (UK)
• AC Milan football team (AFP report 10 February 2010) - size and length of sponsorship deal not announced.
• Hamburg football club (Germany)
• Olympiakos (Greece)
• Paris Saint-Germain (France)

Emirates Airlines history and timeline

• 01 December 2008 - first Emirates A380 flight, to London Heathrow.
• 14 October 2008 - Emirates starts transferring arrivals and departures to the new Terminal 3 at Dubai Airport.
• 23 October 1985 - Emirates Airline officially launched by Shaikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, and Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE.

Emirates Airline Freighter routes (Emirates SkyCargo)

• Amsterdam (Netherlands) - since 1994?
• Zaragoza (Spain)

Last update Tuesday 09-Mar-2010

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