Emirates touches down in Edinburgh
Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, celebrated the inaugural flight of its new service between Dubai and Edinburgh on October 1. The Emirates Boeing 777-300ER touched down in the Scottish capital just before 3:00 p.m. local time, making Edinburgh the airline’s second destination in Scotland and the eighth in the United Kingdom. Emirates flight EK023, with a group of VIP guests and media on board, was welcomed by Edinburgh Airport with a water cannon salute.
To celebrate the new service, Emirates and Edinburgh Airport held a launch event hosted by Emirates Divisional Senior Vice President Commercial Operations West Hubert Frach and Divisional Vice President UK Richard Jewsbury, alongside Edinburgh Airport Chief Executive Gordon Dewar.
The Boeing 777 deployed on the route has a three-class cabin configuration, with eight private suites in First Class, 42 lie flat seats in Business Class and 304 spacious seats in Economy Class. As with all Emirates’ flights to the UK, customers will enjoy the more than 3500 channels of on demand audio and visual entertainment on the airline’s award-winning ice system, as well as the warm hospitality from its multinational cabin crew.
Other destinations which Emirates serves in the UK include London Heathrow, London Gatwick, London Stansted, Birmingham, Newcastle, Manchester and Glasgow.