Monday, February 27, 2012

Emirates Expands Capacity at Newcastle Airport‎

Emirates has given people in North East England a reason to smile! The airline, which is considered in the industry to be one of the fastest growing carriers in the world, has announced to add more capacity from Newcastle airport to Dubai.

This Dubai-based carrier will be able to offer 2,000 additional seats per week to and from Newcastle once it starts operating on the route with a much larger aircraft on its daily flight to Dubai from 1st September, 2012.

This upgrade will coincide with the 5th anniversary airline’s route launch of 2007.

Around 100,000 passengers will be able to travel on flights to and from Dubai or get a connecting flight to far-off holiday destinations in Australia, the Far East and the Indian Ocean.

The airline conveyed that flights to Dubai, Bangkok, Sydney, Perth, Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Mauritius are the key operations for North East travellers.

Currently, the airline plies a 278-seat Airbus A330-200 on the route. This aircraft will be replaced with the much larger Boeing 777-300ER, a 428-seat aircraft. People who wish to explore the regal charm of this full-service airline will have more chances to do so on the route. Emirate is not a cheap airline by any stretch of imagination; however availability of higher number of seats might enable travellers to land up with cheap flight tickets. There will be two-class option for the passengers, with 42 lie-flat beds for business class travellers and 386 seats for those who prefer the relatively cheap flights tickets of economy class.

Boeing 777-300ER is also going to boost cargo carrying capacity on the route by some 22 percent.

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