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Emirates to launch second Shanghai flight
Emirates launches a second daily service from Dubai to Shanghai on February 1.
The airline says demand on the route has grown steadily and now has seat load factors consistently above 90%.
Ghaith Al Ghaith, Emirates executive vice prresident commercial operations worldwide, said: “We are seeing a sharp increase in demand since the UAE and Chinese governments have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate travel for Chinese tourist groups to the UAE.”
Emirates’ second daily will be served by the airline’s wide-bodied Airbus A340-300 with 267 seats in a three-class configuration.
On Tuesdays, the service will be operated by an Airbus A330-200, with 12 seats in First Class, 42 in Business and 183 in Economy.
Emirates also serves Beijing with a double daily service, and Hong Kong with 17 flights a week.
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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