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Emirates Significantly Increases Capacity On Its New Dublin-Dubai Route
January 30 2012
Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has welcomed Emirates Airline’s decision to significantly increase capacity on its new Dublin-Dubai route.
Emirates will increase the number of available seats on the route by 52% from July when it introduces a larger Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on the service. The decision to increase capacity comes just three weeks after Emirates launched the new service.
Dublin has already become one of the airline's "most successful" ever route launches, Emirates said today.
“This is excellent news for Dublin Airport and shows the strength of the long-haul market to and from Ireland,” said DAA’s Director of Strategy Vincent Harrison. “This is Emirates’ fastest ever capacity expansion on a new route and we look forward to welcoming its larger Boeing 777 aircraft to Dublin,” he added.
Emirates began operating the Dublin-Dubai service on January 9, with a 237-seater Airbus A330-200. "Normally, this would provide enough capacity for the first 2-3 years of a new route operation,” said Salem Obaidalla, Emirates' Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations, Europe & Russian Federation. “However, Dublin is exceeding our expectations much faster than was predicted and we need more seats to satisfy demand," he added.
Emirates will introduce the 360-seat Boeing 777 aircraft on the Dublin-Dubai route from July 1. Emirates operates from the award-winning Terminal 2 (T2) at Dublin Airport.
Terminal 2 will get another new long-haul service in June this year, when United Continental adds a new Dublin-Washington service to its existing Dublin-Newark operation.
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