Emirates, a global connector of people, places and economies, is launching a fourth daily service from its home and hub, Dubai International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York commencing March 8, 2015.

“This new service will allow passengers the convenience of an afternoon departure from both Dubai and New York, to complement the existing morning and evening departures of our existing three services,” said Emirates’ Divisional SVP, Commercial Operations-West Hubert Frach.

“New York is one of our busiest and most popular routes in the United States. Adding this fourth service will give our passengers even more choice of connectivity when flying from any part of our global network, in particular the Far East and South Asia. Once in the United States, our partnership with JetBlue adds even more seamless connectivity onto their network of 65 destinations from JFK.”

Passengers from New York will be able to enjoy convenient connections on to destinations such as Johannesburg, Nairobi, India and many cities on Emirates’ Middle East network with connection times under four hours.

Thanks to Emirates’ code-share agreement with JetBlue Airways (B6) the new fourth daily service will allow good connectivity with JetBlue flights to points across the United States and Caribbean. At JFK, JetBlue operates from its highly acclaimed Terminal 5, while Emirates operates from the adjacent Terminal 4.

“As New York’s hometown airline, we are delighted to see Emirates continue to expand at our main base of operations with this fourth daily service,” said Scott Laurence, JetBlue’s SVP, airline planning.

The fourth JFK service will be operated with one of Emirates’ fleet of A380 aircraft featuring 14 First Class private suites, 76 Business Class lie-flat beds and 399 Economy Class seats on the main deck.