EMIRATES is set to boost its capacity to South-east Asia with the introduction of a fourth daily Hong Kong flight and a second daily A380 service to Bangkok come October.
From October 27, Emirates will add a fourth daily service from Dubai to Hong Kong on an Airbus A330-200 aircraft in a three-class configuration before upgrading the route to a Boeing 777-300ER later in the year.
Operating as EK386, the flight will depart Dubai at 21.00 and arrive in Hong Kong the following morning at 08.05. The return flight EK387 will depart Hong Kong at 09.40, arriving in Dubai at 14.55.
The Dubai-Hong Kong route is presently operated with A380 and B777-300ER aircraft, and the fourth daily flight will enable Emirates to serve more than 10,000 passengers between the two cities each week.
“Since the launch of the third daily service in October 2012 (TTG Asia e-Daily, October 23, 2012), we have witnessed a huge demand in passenger capacity and flight frequencies,” said Edwin Lau, vice president, Emirates Hong Kong.
Also starting October 27, Emirates will also launch a second daily A380 service to Bangkok. EK372 will depart Dubai at 09.40 and arrive in Bangkok at 19.15, while the return flight EK373 will depart Bangkok at 21.20 and arrive in Dubai the following day at 00.30.
Salem Obaidalla, Emirates’ senior vice president, Commercial Operations Far East & Australasia, said: “Earlier this year we launched our fifth daily flight to Bangkok, and the passenger demand has led to the decision to upgrade one of the services to the second A380 on the route. Thailand has been part of the Emirates network for over 20 years, and in last December we added Phuket as our second Thai destination (TTG Asia e-Daily, December 14, 2012).”
