Emirates doubles its UK lounge presence
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Emirates has doubled its premium lounge offering in the UK within the space of just six months.A new lounge has now opened in Birmingham representing the first such facility to be offered by a long-haul airline at the city’s international airport. First Class and Business Class passengers, plus Gold Skywards members travelling on Emirates’ twice-daily service from Dubai to Birmingham can now use the 7000 square foot facility, which is situated opposite the airline’s departure gate (number 54) in the new international pier in Terminal 1.The lounge offers the ultimate in comfort with luxury leather seating for up to 117 people, plasma TVs showing the latest news, a business centre with complimentary internet access and full shower facilities.Guests are offered extensive menu of complimentary hot and cold gourmet dishes plus a full bar service is available.”This significant investment to our operation at Birmingham further highlights our commitment to the region and the importance of our twice-daily service to the Midlands,” said Emirates Airline Divisional Senior Vice President, Airport Services, Mohammed Mattar.”We hope our premium customers will enjoy this new facility next time they fly with us and look forward to experiencing our trademark attentive service for which we are renowned.”Birmingham International Airport CEO Paul Kehoe added: “Emirates has been operating flights between Birmingham and Dubai for 10 years now and over this time it has provided a vital connection for the Midlands, not just to the Middle East, but onwards to all corners of the globe.”Birmingham is the latest facility to open in the airline’s AED 266 million worldwide lounge investment programme. A similar facility was opened in Manchester in October, while other Emirates’ lounges in the UK can be found at London Heathrow and London Gatwick. Elsewhere, the airline’s premium passengers can enjoy lounges in Auckland, Bangkok, Beijing, Brisbane, Dubai (x3), Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, Melbourne, Mumbai, Munich, New York - JFK, Paris - Charles de Gaulle, Perth, Singapore, Sydney and Zurich. Emirates has so far announced five new routes for 2010; Tokyo (28th March), Amsterdam (1st May), Prague (1st July), Madrid (1st August), and Dakar (1st September).
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