Dubai travel: Emirates announces second daily flight to Melbourne

Dubai travel: Emirates announces second daily flight to Melbourne

Served by the flagship A380 aircraft, the new addition will provide more than 1,000 seats a day to the Victorian capital

Published: Wed 23 Mar 2022, 12:03 PM

Starting May 1, the airline will offer fourteen weekly services from Dubai to Melbourne.

Emirates has announced the second daily flight on its Dubai-Melbourne route, served by its flagship A380 aircraft.

The expansion of services is supported by the Victorian Government to help fast-track the return of international flights to Melbourne and bring more visitors to the state.

The additional daily frequency between Dubai and Melbourne will grow Emirates’ seats to over 1,000 a day totalling 700,000 a year between the airline’s global Dubai hub and Victoria, with 516 seats on each flight.

Travellers can choose from 14 First Class suites, 76 lie-flat seats in Business Class and 426 ergonomically designed seats in Economy Class. Tickets can be booked on emirates.com, the Emirates App, or via both online and offline travel agents.

From May 1, Emirates’ additional daily flight will depart Dubai daily at 10:05hrs, arriving in Melbourne at 05:30hrs the next day. From Melbourne, the flight will depart at 05:15 and arrive in Dubai at 13:10hrs.

The additional flight will join the existing service which flies daily from Dubai,