Emirates Airline is putting a larger aircraft on its Newcastle-Dubai flights from September 1.
The 428-seat Boeing 777-300ER will add more than 2,000 seats a week to and from the city, a capacity increase of more than 50%.
The upgrade comes on the fifth anniversary of the route’s launch.
"Our Newcastle service has come of age and with demand continuing to
increase, this is the right time for Emirates to be expanding its
capacity from the North East," said Laurie Berryman, Emirates’ vice
president UK.
Emirates daily service departs from Newcastle at 1310 arriving into
Dubai at 0025 the following day. The return flight from Dubai departs at
0750, arriving into Newcastle at 1145 (all times local).
by Bev Fearis
