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Emirates A380 on Malaysian Route
Emirates celebrated the New Year in a ‘big’ way by becoming the first airline to operate a scheduled Airbus A380 service to Malaysia. The airline’s flagship, operating as EK346, piloted by Malaysian national Captain Kwong Yung Ling arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) earlier to a traditional welcome of a water canon salute. Joining […]
Wolgan Valley Honoured with Condé Nast Traveler’s World Savers Award
Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa General Manager Joost Heymeijer hands the Conde Nast Traveler’s World Savers Award to Phil Cram, Facilities Manager and Ben Boothby, Senior Field Guide with the resort’s Conservation Team. Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa, the world’s first internationally accredited carbon-neutral resort, has been honoured at the prestigious 2011 World Savers Award […]
Emirates Releases Early Bird Airfares to Europe, Middle East and Africa
-Fly from Australia to 29 European destinations via Dubai from $1798 return- Award-winning Emirates has unveiled competitive Early Bird airfares to destinations across Europe, the Middle East and Africa for travel in 2012. Australian travellers can fly to 29 destinations in Europe from $1798 return, experience 7 Middle Eastern cities from $1642 return, or sample […]
Emirates Expands South American Network With Flights to Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro **Media release**
Two of South America’s most iconic cities will soon have a faster link to Dubai and over 100 destinations worldwide when Emirates commences its daily non-stop service to Rio de Janeiro and extension to Buenos Aires from 3 January 2012. “Both Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro are rightly renowned as world-class leisure destinations as […]
Time Fast Approaching for Emirates’ Geneva Launch
Guests at the Emirates Road Show event at Geneva Palexpo next to the life-sized replica of the airline’s A380 Onboard Shower Spa. More than 600 guests attended the event, promoting the launch of passenger services between Dubai and Geneva on 1st June. Also on display at last night’s function were an Emirates’ A380 First Class Private […]
Emirates Sends Newlyweds Around the World on ‘Wedding World Tour’
Jason and April Niedle check in for the first leg of their Wedding World Tour at Los Angeles International Airport. Emirates is making matrimony even more blissful for ‘Wedding World Tour’ newlyweds Jason and April Niedle. Deciding to discover the meaning of marriage in different cultures, the Niedles, married in Los Angeles on February 11, […]
Emirates Named Airline of the Year for 2011 by Air Transport World
Emirates, the Dubai-based carrier, was honoured by leading industry title Air Transport World last night as the airline’s President Tim Clark received the ‘Airline of the Year’ award at a gala dinner in Washington, D.C. “The last few years have been among the most demanding in our industry’s history but despite the challenges, we have […]
Emirates Enhances its Northern European Network
Emirates is strengthening its operations in Northern Europe by adding more flights to Austria and Germany on the back of new route announcements into Switzerland and Denmark. Four extra flights will be added to the airline’s daily service to Vienna from 27th March. The additional Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday flights will be served by […]
Emirates to resume third-daily Sydney service with new aircraft
– Boeing 777-300ER to commence operations from 2nd October 2011 – Sydney, Australia, 2nd December 2010: Emirates has announced that its third-daily Sydney to Dubai service will recommence from 2nd October 2011, operated by a new, larger Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. Emirates flight EK415 departs early morning at 0600 from Sydney, enabling passengers to arrive in […]
ETIHAD PILOT QUALIFIES TO BECOME FIRST FEMALE CAPTAIN
Etihad Airways is celebrating the maiden commercial flight of its first female Captain, Sophie Blanchard. Captain Blanchard, a French national, took the controls of the left hand seat in the flight deck for the first time yesterday on flight EY17 from Abu Dhabi to London Heathrow. She joined Etihad in 2007 as a First Officer, […]
