Emirates record ex-UK seats

With the announcement of a second Glasgow service to Dubai from June onwards Emirates Airlines will by mid-summer be offering just over 6,500 seats daily from the United Kingdom to its hub.  Add the new Dublin service and the figures are really impressive.  

By early July the airline will have eight London departures daily (five from Heathrow, all Airbus A380s bar one), and three Boeing 777s from Gatwick); Birmingham will be two Boeing flights, whilst Manchester has a single A380 and two 777s.  There is a single Newcastle non-stop Newcastle flight, serviced with an Airbus A330.  Glasgow will be flown by a fuel frugal Boeing 777-300ER, the airline now operating an astonishing 64 in total, and a A340-300.

In the last financial year (until March) Emirates carried 31.4m passengers, making it the world’s seventh largest airline.  It currently operates 20 A380s on flights from Dubai (in order of launch date) to Heathrow, Sydney, Auckland (via Sydney) Bangkok, Toronto, Paris, Seoul, Jeddah, Beijing, Manchester, Hong Kong, New York, Shanghai, Johannesburg, Munich, Rome and Kuala Lumpur.  The Dubai to Jeddah route currently is the shortest route flown by the Airbus A380, taking approximately three hours.  Melbourne, Moscow and Tokyo are expected to come on later this year. www.emirates.com

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