Dubai, Emirates Airline today launched the Airbus A380 daily flight services to Amsterdam. Emirates is the first carrier to operate a scheduled A380 service to the Netherlands. Flight  EK 147 departs Dubai at 08:25hrs and arrives in Amsterdam Schiphol at 13:30hrs, while the return EK148, departs Amsterdam at 15:30hrs and arrives Dubai at 23:59hrs.

Thierry Antinori, Emirates’ executive vice president, passenger sales worldwide, said, “After progressively building up services to the Netherlands over a course of two years, Emirates is responding to strong demand by bringing its flagship aircraft to one of Europe’s most important trading and logistics hubs, adding much-needed seat capacity –more than 2,000 seats a week- which will stimulate further tourism and trade between the Netherlands, UAE and beyond. The A380 is central to the Emirates strategy.

Our orders represent a sizable chunk of the total programme worldwide  and Emirates has played a key role in the design and performance characteristics of the aircraft, which have become our signature markers in the industry.”  

“We are seamlessly connecting passengers to our extensive route network which includes 10 Indian cities, 21 African destinations, and key points across the Far East and Australia. Emirates is also enabling customers to continue their A380 experience via our hub in Dubai to popular destinations like Sydney, Bangkok and Hong Kong.” 

Emirates SkyCargo has been serving Amsterdam with freighters for more than 17 years.  Over 16.5 million kgs of cargo was transported between Dubai and Amsterdam in 2011.