Emirates boosted ASK (available seat km) by 31% over the last year and has further plans to increase seat capacity from March 26, enhancing connectivity to Africa, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and East Asia.
“From July 2022 onwards, it’s been non-stop expansion,” says Adnan Kazim, Emirates CCO.
“So far, four of our A380 aircraft have been completely refurbished with our new cabin interiors and premium economy seats, and more will enter service as our US$2bn (R36,55bn) cabin and service enhancement programme picks up pace.”
Emirates continues to scale up its Airbus A380 operations as well, with the reintroduction of the aircraft across its network: Glasgow (from March 26), Casablanca (from April 15), Beijing (from May 1), Shanghai (from June 4), Nice (from June 1), Birmingham (from July 1), Kuala Lumpur (from August 1), and Taipei (from August 1).
Upcoming route enhancements by region
Africa
- Cairo: from 25 to 28 weekly flights from October 29.
- Dar es Salaam: from five flights a week to daily, starting May 1.
- Entebbe: from six flights a week to daily, starting July 1.
Europe
- Amsterdam: from 14 to 19 weekly flights, starting April 2.
- Athens: an extra daily flight between June 1 and September 30.
- Bologna: from five flights a week to a daily service, starting May 1.
- Budapest: from five flights a week to a daily service from June 1.
- London: a second daily service to London Stansted from May 1. This will take Emirates’ London operations to 11 daily flights – including six times daily to Heathrow and three times daily to Gatwick.
- Venice: from five to six flights a week from March 26, increasing to a daily service from June 1.
Australia and New Zealand
- Brisbane: an additional daily service starting June 1, taking Emirates to 14 flights a week – a return to pre-pandemic capacity.
- Christchurch: restart of daily service from Dubai via Sydney from March 26.
- Melbourne: addition of a third daily service to Melbourne from March 26 via Singapore. The two other daily flights from Melbourne fly non-stop to Dubai – a return to pre-pandemic capacity.
- Sydney: an addition of third daily service from May 1 – a return to pre-pandemic capacity.
East Asia
- Bangkok: addition of fifth daily service from August 1.
- Beijing: a daily non-stop Boeing 777-300ER service commenced on March 15, upgrading to an A380, effective May 1. A second daily service will begin on September 1 with an A380 as well.
- Hong Kong: a second daily non-stop flight from March 29. This increases operations to 14 weekly flights, including its existing daily Dubai-Bangkok-Hong Kong service.
- Kuala Lumpur: addition of a third daily service from June 1.
- Tokyo: resumption of services to Tokyo Haneda with daily flights on April 2. This takes Emirates’ Japan operations to 21 weekly flights, including a daily A380 service to Tokyo-Narita and a daily Boeing 777 service to Osaka.
