Dubai, Emirates Airlines has announced it will commence its second daily Airbus A380 service to New York JFK, starting from 1st January 2013. Flight EK203 from Dubai to JFK, and its return sector EK204, will utilize the Airbus A380, offering an increased capacity of approximately 1,000 additional seats in both directions every week. The service is currently operated by a Boeing 777-300ER.
Thierry Antinori, Emirates Airlines executive vice president of passenger sales worldwide said, “Emirates is experiencing very high demand for its New York flights and the start of a daily A380 service to JFK will enable us to offer more choice for our customers to benefit from the Emirates A380 experience.
“Given the popularity of this giant aircraft, known for its quietness, spaciousness and award-winning on-board product, we are confident that this news will be well-received by our customers travelling to 17 destinations in the Middle East, 21 African destinations including major hubs in east Africa, 20 destinations in the Far East and Australasia and 10 destinations in India.
“We have continued to invest in our services by increasing our capacity to build on the resurgent demand for air travel within the United States and we are seeing this strategy pay dividends. Further investment in our hub, with the planned opening of the world’s first dedicated A380 concourse will coincide with the second JFK A380 service.”
Emirates fleet consist of 175 aircraft total in service, included 21 Airbus A380 currently serving Auckland, Bangkok, Beijing, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, London Heathrow, Manchester, Munich, New York JFK, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Shanghai, Sydney and Toronto. Tokyo and Amsterdam will join the A380 network in July and August.
