Emirates expands network in US and Africa
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In the coming months Emirates will expand services on two continents with the launch of services to Boston and Abuja.
When flights to Boston commence on 10 March, the east coast city will become the carrier’s sixth destination served in the US.
The new service to Boston’s Logan International Airport will operate daily, direct from Dubai, using a Boeing 777-200LR aircraft. Flights will depart Dubai International Airport at 0945 and arrive in Boston at 1515. The return flight will take off from the Massachusetts city at 2255, getting back into Dubai at 1910 the next day. US carrier JetBlue Airways will codeshare on the route.
Later in the year, the carrier will also expand services in Africa’s most populous country Nigeria, with the start of a daily linked service to Abuja and Kano from 1 August 2014.
The route will be serviced by an Airbus A340-500 offering a total of 258 seats in a three class configuration; 12 in First Class, 42 in Business Class and 204 in Economy Class.
Abuja will be the first stop on the linked service on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, and Kano will be the first stop on a Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Emirates flight EK 785 will depart Dubai at 1030 and arrive in Abuja at 1450. It will depart Abuja at 1640 and arrive in Kano at 1750. The return flight will depart Kano at 2025 and arrive in Dubai at 0615 the next morning.
Flight EK 786 will depart Dubai at 1030 and arrive in Kano at 1430. It will depart Kano at 1625 and arrive in Abuja at 1735. It will depart for Dubai at 2005 arriving at 0615 the next morning.
The announcement follows Emirates’ recent milestone of 10 years of successful operations to Lagos, to which the airline flies twice daily, and with joining the network, Emirates will now fly to 26 destinations in Africa.
Further testament to the growing importance of Nigeria as a key Emirates market, Emirates Holidays, the tour-operating arm of Emirates, last December opened a dedicated retail office and call centre in Lagos in partnership with Tour Brokers International (TBI) Ltd, who was appointed Preferred Sales Agency (PSA) for Nigeria.
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