Emirates Provides New NZ Connections
1 June 2005
EMIRATES PROVIDES NEW NZ CONNECTIONS
Emirates, the Dubai-based international
airline, today announced a new
daily connection between
Christchurch and Sydney, commencing July 16, 2005.
The new
air link will operate as an extension of Emirates'
Sydney-Dubai
daily non-stop service and replace the
airline's current
Christchurch-Melbourne-Dubai routing,
which will instead operate
Auckland-Melbourne-Dubai from
the same date.
Richard Vaughan, Emirates' Senior Vice
President East Asia and Australasia,
said: "This move
caters to our customers' changing requirements,
in
particular the strong passenger demand for travel
between Christchurch and
Sydney. We keep a close watch on
market trends, and are taking the
opportunity to review
our services in Australasia as we expand our network
and
aircraft fleet."
Emirates will continue to operate four
flights a day between New Zealand
and Dubai - daily from
Christchurch, and thrice a day from Auckland. On
both the
new Christchurch-Sydney-Dubai routing and
the
Auckland-Melbourne-Dubai service, Emirates will
operate its Airbus A340-500
aircraft which offers more
than 500 channels of on-demand personal
entertainment in
all classes; 12 luxurious first class suites; 42
business
seats and 204 Economy seats; as well as 14
tonnes of bellyhold capacity for
cargo.
From its modern
Dubai hub, Emirates offers New Zealand passengers
and
shippers a speedy direct service to destinations in
Europe, Africa and
other parts of the Middle
East.
Emirates' routes (and aircraft types) from New
Zealand from July 16 will
be:
·
Auckland-Melbourne-Dubai (Airbus A340-500)
·
Auckland-Sydney-Bangkok-Dubai (Boeing 777-300 ER)
·
Auckland-Brisbane-Singapore-Dubai (Boeing 777-300)
·
Christchurch-Sydney-Dubai (Airbus A340-500)
From July 16, Emirates daily departures (all times local) will be:
Flight EK 413, departs Christchurch 6.10pm, arrives
Sydney 7.25pm; departs
Sydney 9.10pm, arrives Dubai
5.45am (next day)
Flight EK 419, departs Auckland 3.50pm,
arrives Sydney 5.15pm; departs
Sydney 6.45pm, arrives
Bangkok 1am (next day); departs Bangkok 2.30am,
arrives
Dubai 5.35am.
Flight EK 433, departs Auckland 5.25pm,
arrives Brisbane 7pm; departs
Brisbane 8.30pm, arrives
Singapore 2.15am (next day); departs Singapore
3.25am,
arrives Dubai 6.25am.
Flight EK 407, departs Auckland
5.55pm, arrives Melbourne 7.45pm; departs
Melbourne
9.30pm, arrives Dubai 5.40am (next day)
Emirates flies to
78 cities in 54 countries in Europe, North America,
the
Middle East, Africa, Indian subcontinent and
Asia-Pacific. Since January
2004 the airline has launched
services to 10 new destinations, including
the
Seychelles, Seoul and Alexandria this year. Later this year
it will
start services to Hamburg, and will being flying
to Beijing in
February
2006.
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