Dubai’s Emirates to ramp flight frequencies to more than 15 destinations

  • Date: 14-Mar-2023
  • Source: Gulf Business
  • Sector:Financial Markets
  • Country:UAE
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Dubai’s Emirates to ramp flight frequencies to more than 15 destinations

Dubai-based Emirates has boosted operations by 31 per cent (total available seat kilometres) since the start of its financial year, with further plans to ramp up seat capacity in its northern summer schedule starting March 26. The available seat kilometers measures available passenger capacity. In the past months, the airline has planned and executed growth of its network operations – reintroducing services to five cities, launching flights to Tel Aviv, as well as adding 251 weekly flights onto existing routes. “Emirates continues to expand its global network and deploy its capacity to meet travel demand across the world. Our financial year started relatively quietly as we held back our ramp up until the planned northern runway rehabilitation programme at Dubai International airport was completed in June,” said Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ chief commercial officer. “From July 2022 onwards, it’s been non-stop expansion.” “So far, 4 of our A380 aircraft have been completely refurbished with our new cabin interiors and Premium Economy seats, and more will enter service as our $2bn cabin and service enhancement programme picks up pace.” Emirates will continue to ramp up its A380 operations with the reintroduction of the aircraft across its network. The destinations include: Glasgow (from