Emirates, a global connector of people, places and economies, on Tuesday announced its sixth daily A380 service to Australia and second daily service to Singapore with the up-gauge of its current service between Dubai and Melbourne via Singapore.

From March 1, 2016, EK404 and EK405 will be operated by Emirates flagship A380 aircraft, replacing the existing Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, providing more customer options as well as additional seat capacity on the route. With this up-gauge, Melbourne will be served twice daily with an Emirates A380.

In addition to the increased capacity, the aircraft up-gauge on this route will provide travelers with another seamless A380 connection option when travelling to Melbourne or Singapore from a number of US, Europe and Middle East destinations globally through its hub in Dubai.

With the addition of this service, Australia will become the third largest A380 destination for Emirates globally with a total of six daily A380 services from Dubai to four Australian cities. This includes a double daily A380 service to Sydney and Melbourne and a daily A380 to Brisbane and Perth.

The busiest Emirates A380 destination, with nine daily services from Dubai, is the United Kingdom, with the second being the United States. Emirates partner Qantas also operates two daily A380s between Dubai and Australia, and with this up-gauge, eight of the 13 code-shared flights between Qantas and Emirates to Australia each day will be served by an A380 aircraft.

The Qantas partnership also allows incoming passengers to seamlessly connect to more than 50 Australian and New Zealand destinations beyond Emirates’ existing gateways of Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Auckland and Christchurch.