Emirates restarting A380 flights to Perth
From 1 December, Emirates will resume A380 flights to Perth, Western Australia.
The upgauge will increase Emirates’ seating capacity between its hub Dubai and Perth, with close to 500 seats available on each flight.
EK420 from Dubai will depart at 02:45, arriving in Perth at 17:20 the same day while EK421 flight will depart from Perth at 22:20, arriving in Dubai at 05:25 the following day.
The daily A380 service will replace the existing daily Boeing 777- 300ER operation.
Emirates this month celebrates 20 years of flying to Perth.
Its inaugural flight to Perth launched in August 2002 and Emirates has flown nearrly six million passengers between Perth and its Dubai since.
Emirates says there is strong demand to and from Australia espacially following the launch of Premium Economy which was first introduced on one of its daily Sydney services on 1 August.
Customers of Emirates have access to an expansive network of destinations thanks to the codeshare partnership with Qantas.
Together, Emirates and Qantas provide customers access to more than 100 codeshare destinations, including 55 points across Australia and New Zealand.
In addition to its Perth, Emirates also operates twice daily A380 services from Dubai to Melbourne and Sydney, and once daily service from Dubai to Brisbane.
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