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The
reinstated service will facilitate the growing travel demand to and from South
Australia and allow passengers to travel conveniently between more than 140
destinations across Emirates’ global network, offering a wide range of choice,
flexibility, and connectivity.
Emirates
first launched its Adelaide services in 2012 and carried more than 165,000
passengers between Dubai and Adelaide in 2019. By 1 December, when Emirates
also reinstates its second daily service to Perth, the airline will offer 77
weekly flights from Australia with the ability to transport 68,000 passengers
per week to and from Australia, returning to its pre-pandemic capacity.
Emirates’
return is a major milestone for South Australia’s pandemic recovery. The
tourism expenditure of daily direct non-stop Emirates’ flights is estimated by
South Australian Tourism Commission to generate more than $62 million per year
and create in excess of 315 full-time equivalent tourism-related jobs for South
Australians. Each flight will also offer 14 tonnes of cargo space, totalling
196 tonnes weekly between Dubai and Adelaide. The value of freight exports is
estimated to be $98 million per year, bringing the total estimated expenditure
generated by Emirates’ flights to Adelaide to $160 million.
South
Australia Premier, Peter Malinauskas, says, “Reinstating Emirates flights to
Adelaide has been a key priority for the State Government. Emirates once again
flying daily direct into Adelaide will further drive South Australia’s economic
growth – set to deliver an estimated $160 million in tourism expenditure and
freight exports and create more than 315 full-time tourism-related jobs for
South Australians.
“The
Emirates service has been very much missed by South Australians – recommencing
daily flights will make Adelaide easier to reach from key long-haul markets and
make doing business with our state easier.”
South
Australian Minister for Tourism, Zoe Bettison, says, “This is a major recovery
milestone for our state’s tourism industry, providing a crucial link into South
Australia’s traditionally strong European markets, as well as the UK, Middle
East, India, and the east coast of the US.
“The
reinstatement of direct daily Emirates flights into Adelaide is expected to
generate more than $62 million in tourism expenditure alone – a major boost to
our state’s visitor economy.
“It
is exciting that South Australia will once again feature in Emirates’ global
marketing programs, getting more eyes around the world on SA and helping drive
an increase in visitors to our state.”
Barry
Brown, Divisional Vice President Australasia at Emirates, says, “The
return of Emirates to Adelaide has been highly anticipated by passengers and
industry for some time.
We
are equally as excited to again service South Australia and provide the state
with opportunities across leisure, culture and tourism and support trade growth
opportunities through our connection to Dubai and onwards to destinations
worldwide.
“The
return of our Adelaide service completes our current footprint in Australia
serving five points across the country. With special thanks to our partners at
the South Australian Tourism Commission and Adelaide Airport, we could not be
prouder to be fulfilling Emirates’ commitment to Australia. We’re already
looking ahead to welcoming our first passengers from Adelaide on board in
October.”
Adelaide
Airport Managing Director, Brenton Cox, says, “This is great news for our
customers who will once again benefit from Emirates’ extensive global network
via Dubai. It offers greater competition and choice for travellers, including
through Emirates’ code-sharing arrangement with Qantas, connecting through the
Middle East to Europe and Africa. Equally it creates significant tourism and
wider economic opportunities in attracting international visitors to Adelaide.
“We’re
delighted that Emirates will immediately return to daily services – the same as
pre-COVID frequencies - which is a real sign of confidence in the Adelaide
market. The widebody Boeing 777-200LR aircraft also creates improved air
freight export opportunities for our local producers to Middle Eastern and
European markets.”
Fly
Better with Emirates from Adelaide
Operating
daily on the Boeing 777-200LR aircraft with 38 Business Class seats alongside
264 seats in Economy Class, the Adelaide service will offer 302 seats per
flight and over 4,200 weekly seats between Dubai and Adelaide. Emirates
Business Class on the Adelaide service will feature a 2-2-2 configuration.
Emirates’
EK440 will depart from Dubai at 02:00hrs and arrive in Adelaide at 20:50hrs.
Emirates’ return flight EK441 will depart from Adelaide at 22:35hrs and arrive
in Dubai at 05:15hrs. All times are local.
With
Emirates’ extensive network of more than 140 destinations around the world, the
relaunch of the Emirates Dubai-Adelaide service provides a vital link to South
Australia’s traditionally strong European markets, as well as the United
Kingdom, Middle East, India, and the east coast of the United States.
The
flight schedule connects passengers with Emirates’ prime European arrival and
departure times offering a seamless travel experience and optimal connections
of less than four hours.
With
Dubai being a key global connection point, travellers are expected to venture
from Adelaide to London, Rome, Dubai, Paris, Amsterdam, Manchester, Athens,
Dublin, Barcelona, and Milan. Top inbound are expected to be London,
Manchester, Dubai, Birmingham, Paris, Amsterdam, Glasgow, Frankfurt, and
Dusseldorf.
Travellers
flying to and from Australia with Emirates can enjoy the best experience in the
sky with an unmatched culinary experience, regionally inspired multi-course
menus developed by a team of award-winning chefs complemented by a wide
selection of premium beverages. Customers can also sit back and relax with up
to 6,500 channels of carefully curated global entertainment content featuring
movies, TV shows, music, podcasts, games, audiobooks and more with ice,
Emirates’ award-winning inflight entertainment system.
Passengers
flying First Class with Emirates out of the airline’s four other Australian
ports also have the opportunity to enjoy Penfolds RWT Shiraz sourced from
Barossa Valley, a renowned wine-producing region northeast of Adelaide. Penfolds'
iconic RWT shows the maximum expression of Barossa shiraz. The initials are
'Red Winemaking Trial', a 1995 project led by Peter Gago, who sought to explore
alternative winemaking techniques to produce an exceptional shiraz. Today
either the 2011, the 2012 or both vintages can be found Emirates’ selection.
Emirates
currently serves Australia with 63 weekly flights to Brisbane, Perth, Sydney
and Melbourne, operated by a mix of A380 and Boeing 777 aircraft transporting
56,000 passengers per week to and from these major cities. The airline has
recently announced doubling its Premium Economy offering on flights to
Melbourne which started on 1 February, adding to the two daily four-class A380
services to Sydney. From 1 October, Emirates will upgauge its second service
between Dubai and Brisbane to an A380, creating an all A380 operation from
Brisbane. From 1 December, Emirates will reinstate its second Perth service on
a Boeing 777-300ER, joining the existing A380 service.
Tickets
can be purchased on www.emirates.com,
Emirates Sales Offices, or via online and offline travel agents.
Image
Credit: © Emirates Airlines
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