Emirates has declared its ongoing commitment to Australia by announcing the introduction of an additional Premium Economy service between Melbourne and Dubai, which will be available from February.
Emirates debuted a Premium Economy service from Melbourne in April of last year. This additional service means Emirates will be serving Australia with close to 3,200 seats – including 2 daily services from Sydney and two from Melbourne.
The airline now offers close to 800 weekly Premium Economy seats between Melbourne and Dubai.
This news closely follows Turkish Airlines announcing, last week, that it is to begin flying to Australia in mid-March; with thrice weekly flights linking Istanbul and Melbourne, via Singapore.
Emirates currently operates 63 weekly services to Australia with the capacity to transport close to 56,000 passengers per week to and from its major cities.
Barry Brown, Divisional Vice President Australasia at Emirates, said: “As one of the most important markets in our global network, we are committed to offering Australians not only greater connectivity but also more choice and differentiated offerings.
“With the extraordinary success of the Premium Economy cabin so far in Australia, the additional Premium Economy service in Melbourne will give more customers the opportunity to experience our unique premium products.”
The introduction of the additional Premium Economy service to Melbourne is part of Emirates’ multi-million dollar retrofit programme, where a total of 126 aircraft, including 67 A380s and 53 Boeing 777s, will be fitted out with Premium Economy cabins. Currently, 22 A380s flying across the network have been fitted with our Premium Economy cabin.
