Emirates is adding a second daily flight to its Dubai-Melbourne route.
From 1 May, the airline will be offering a total of fourteen weekly services from Dubai to Melbourne on its flagship A380 aircraft.
The additional daily frequency will grow Emirates’ seats to over 1,000 a day or 700,000 a year between the airline’s global Dubai hub and Victoria, with 516 seats on each flight.
The additional service will also offer customers the option of choosing a morning or evening flight, for optimal onwards connection opportunities when they stop in Dubai.
Travellers can choose from 14 First Class suites, 76 lie-flat seats in Business Class and 426 ergonomically designed seats in Economy Class.
- From 1 May, 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, departing at 02:40hrs and arriving at 21:50hrs in Melbourne.
- From Melbourne, the flight departs at 21:15hrs and is scheduled to arrive in Dubai at 05:15hrs the next day. All times are local.
Emirates said in a statement that the expansion of services is supported by the Victorian Government to help fast-track the return of international flights to Melbourne.
Barry Brown, Emirates Divisional Vice President for Australasia said: “As an international airline that has been serving Australia for over 25 years, we are especially delighted to boost our services to Melbourne, adding yet more seats and flight options to the Victorian capital.
“Our second daily A380 service reaffirms our ongoing commitment to Australia and our loyal passengers as demand for international travel continues to increase.
“The newly expanded flight schedule also means our customers can experience three continents in one day, enjoying their breakfast in Australia, lunch in Dubai, and dinner in Europe.”
“Emirates’ inaugural flight to Australia arrived in Melbourne in 1996.
“Since then, we have carried more than 11 million passengers on this key route and we are delighted that Victorian travellers and businesses can continue to enjoy the global reach that our expansive network offers.”
Australia is the third-largest destination for Emirates’ A380 operations.
The airline will increase flights to Australia which will reach 42 weekly flights in May, flying to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
For more information, please visit Emirates.com.
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