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Emirates expands east and west

Thursday, 5 July 20123 min read

Emirates is embarking on a major expansion of its route network with three additional destinations to be launched in the next six months.

From November 1, Emirates will launch four weekly flights to Adelaide, rising to a daily service from February 1, 2013.

The airline’s current double-daily service to Perth will grow to 19 weekly flights from December 1, becoming a triple daily operation from March 1 next year.

The French city of Lyon will be added to Emirates’ network from December 5, the carrier’s third point in France after Paris and Nice.

From February 6, 2013, Emirates will begin flights into Poland, with a daily service to the capital, Warsaw.

Emirates is also expanding its A380 services. It will introduce
daily A380 services to Melbourne in October, in addition to existing double decker flights into Sydney.

It will launch a second A380 service into Paris from January 1 and the first ever scheduled A380 service to Moscow from December 1.