Daily Emirates flights to bolster Dubai-Kiev links

Emirates has unveiled new expansion plans for Eastern Europe today, with the launch of daily services to Kyiv Boryspil International Airport in Kiev, from Jan. 16, 2014, marking its first route to Ukraine.
Offering a daily service, operated by an Airbus A340-500, the new flight will provide global connections, via Dubai, to the country’s population of 45 million, further enhancing the nation’s burgeoning economy.
With a booming agricultural sector, Ukraine is currently the world’s largest exporter of sunflower oil and a major global producer of grain and sugar.
“We see strong potential in Ukraine through its agribusiness, heavy machinery industries, technology, and tourism,” said Hubert Frach, divisional SVP commercial operations West, Emirates.
“Kiev will be our 35th passenger route in Europe, and Emirates’ customers in the Ukraine will be able to fly nonstop to our Dubai hub and conveniently connect onward to destinations in the Indian Ocean Islands and Asia, in addition to our extensive Australian network courtesy of our partnership with Qantas,” said Frach.
The daily service EK171 will leave Dubai at 5:15 p.m.and arrive in Kiev at 8:35 p.m. the same day.
The return flight to Dubai leaves Kiev at 10:10 p.m. and gets into Dubai at 4:55 a.m. the following day.
The Airbus A340-500 will offer 12 luxurious private suites in First Class, 42 deeply reclining Business Class seats, and plenty of room to relax in Economy Class with as total of 204 seats.
Passengers in all classes can enjoy ice entertainment system and can also look forward to gourmet food in all cabins and seamless transfers to a global network of over 130 destinations through Emirates’ state-of-the-art hub in Dubai.
Passengers on all Emirates’ flights also have the added bonus of extra baggage allowance with 30 kg for those traveling in Economy Class, 40 kg for Business Class and 50 kg for First Class.