Emirates boosts connectivity
In line with the easing of restrictions, the airline will be restoring capacity across 29 cities on its network on over 270 Áights as well as Àne tuning its schedules to boost freTuencies and capacity as demand proliferates for international leisure and business travel.
With the recent announcements of the UAE easing entry protocols for 12 countries*, and the UK adding the UAE on its ‘amber list’, Emirates is actively responding to the spike in travel demand across its network to make it easier for customers to connect to Dubai and beyond through the scaling up of its operations.
Expansion of services to/from the UK
By October, the airline will increase its services to 73 weekly flights to the UK, including a six times a day London Heathrow operation; double daily
A380 flights to Manchester, ten weekly services to Birmingham and daily services to Glasgow.
Boosting US operations and restoration of services across Africa
Emirates currently flies to 12 cities in the United States on over 70 weekly flights, and will be adding additional frequencies to
Houston, Boston and San Francisco over the course of August to accommodate for the seasonal influx of travellers. The airline will also be boosting capacity on its four weekly services to New York JFK to its flagship A380 from 13 August, improving travel options for customers connecting to/ from the major US city from across the airline’s network. Emirates will continue to make schedule and capacity adjustments to match its services with customer travel trends. Emirates has increased flights to Johannesburg from daily to 11 weekly flights, with the addition of four linked flights with Durban, and the airline also flies to and from Cape Town with three weekly services. Customers flying in and out of Emirates’ three South African gateways can safely connect to an array of onwards connections to Europe, Middle East, West Asia and the United States.
As international borders reopen and travel restrictions ease, Emirates continues to expand its network safely and sustainably.
Flights to/ from South Africa have also been scheduled to allow for convenient connections and additional access to Emirates’ four gateways in the UK, as well as Emirates’ extensive US network.