Stansted welcomes Emirates
dubai — Emirates celebrated the inaugural flight of its new daily service from Dubai (DXB) to London Stansted (STN).
The Emirates Boeing 777300ER touched down just before 1400hrs local UK time on Friday, and marked London Stansted as the seventh airport in the UK from which Emirates operates. This brings to 10 the number of daily flights between Dubai and three different London airports, with Stansted joining Gatwick and Heathrow.
The aircraft deployed on the route is Emirates’ new three-class Boeing 777-300ER, featuring its state-of-the-art, fully-enclosed private suites in first class, and refreshed business and economy class cabins. Emirates and Stansted airport held a launch event for local dignitaries and stakeholders, hosted by Hubert Frach, Emirates divisional senior vicepresident for commercial operations West; and Richard Jewsbury, divisional vice-president for the UK, alongside Stansted Airport CEO Ken O’Toole.
“We decided to add London Stansted to our network because we saw an opportunity to directly connect the local community with some of the world’s most popular leisure and business destinations... Now, this daily flight to Dubai connects passengers seamlessly to Emirates points across the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australasia,” said Frach.
— business@khaleejtimes.com