Darkknight
March 13th, 2004, 05:32 AM
Emirates' non-stop flight to Melbourne to take off soon
By a staff reporter
12 March 2004
DUBAI - Emirates will soon add non-stop flights to its Dubai-Melbourne services. This announcement comes close on the heels of Emirates' daily non-stop flights between Dubai and Sydney, launched last December.
The service to Melbourne will start on June 10, initially as a thrice-weekly service, doubling to a six-weekly service on 1 August.
The non-stop flights are in addition to the current services via Singapore, and will boost Emirates' flights to Australia's second largest city from seven to 13 a week by August.
Shaikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Emirates Group, said: "This is another big step in Emirates' strategy. It reaffirms our airline's dedication to our Australian customers and our determination to play a bigger role in the country's aviation market. A key objective of the increased services is to offer passengers from Victoria the choice of a non-stop service to Dubai and beyond, or a transit through Singapore."
Emirates will operate its new ultra long-range A340-500 aircraft on the new Melbourne route. Clocking a flight time of about 14 hours, this new service offers travellers the quickest and most comfortable air travel between Australia and the Middle East.
Victoria's Premier Steve Bracks said: "This is great news for Victoria as well as Dubai. It offers more choices to passengers from both ends, and it will help grow tourist and business travellers' flows either way."
He added that the new Emirates services to Melbourne demonstrated the strength of bilateral relations.
The airline commenced Melbourne services eight years ago, and has boosted the Middle East passenger traffic to Australia to more than 50,000 visitors annually. Visitors from the Middle East last year spent an estimated $31 million in Victoria alone.
The numbers are set to rise even further as Australia becomes an ever more attractive destination for Western hemisphere travellers, especially Europeans.
Richard Vaughan, Emirates Senior Vice-President Commercial Operations, East Asia and Australasia, said: "All our Australian flights have met with high demand from tourists from both regions as well as transit travellers who appreciate the excellent connections that Dubai offers to other destinations. The popularity of the kangaroo route has increased in recent years, and we are certain that many of our customers will take advantage of this new Emirates non-stop option to Melbourne."
Coooooooooool....... Now i dont have to wait for 1.5 hrs at Changi:banana2:
By a staff reporter
12 March 2004
DUBAI - Emirates will soon add non-stop flights to its Dubai-Melbourne services. This announcement comes close on the heels of Emirates' daily non-stop flights between Dubai and Sydney, launched last December.
The service to Melbourne will start on June 10, initially as a thrice-weekly service, doubling to a six-weekly service on 1 August.
The non-stop flights are in addition to the current services via Singapore, and will boost Emirates' flights to Australia's second largest city from seven to 13 a week by August.
Shaikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Emirates Group, said: "This is another big step in Emirates' strategy. It reaffirms our airline's dedication to our Australian customers and our determination to play a bigger role in the country's aviation market. A key objective of the increased services is to offer passengers from Victoria the choice of a non-stop service to Dubai and beyond, or a transit through Singapore."
Emirates will operate its new ultra long-range A340-500 aircraft on the new Melbourne route. Clocking a flight time of about 14 hours, this new service offers travellers the quickest and most comfortable air travel between Australia and the Middle East.
Victoria's Premier Steve Bracks said: "This is great news for Victoria as well as Dubai. It offers more choices to passengers from both ends, and it will help grow tourist and business travellers' flows either way."
He added that the new Emirates services to Melbourne demonstrated the strength of bilateral relations.
The airline commenced Melbourne services eight years ago, and has boosted the Middle East passenger traffic to Australia to more than 50,000 visitors annually. Visitors from the Middle East last year spent an estimated $31 million in Victoria alone.
The numbers are set to rise even further as Australia becomes an ever more attractive destination for Western hemisphere travellers, especially Europeans.
Richard Vaughan, Emirates Senior Vice-President Commercial Operations, East Asia and Australasia, said: "All our Australian flights have met with high demand from tourists from both regions as well as transit travellers who appreciate the excellent connections that Dubai offers to other destinations. The popularity of the kangaroo route has increased in recent years, and we are certain that many of our customers will take advantage of this new Emirates non-stop option to Melbourne."
Coooooooooool....... Now i dont have to wait for 1.5 hrs at Changi:banana2: