Emirates, one of the world’s fastest growing airlines, will serve Amsterdam with a second daily nonstop flight from December 4.
The airline’s Boeing 777-200LR aircraft will add capacity of more than 3,700 seats a week in both directions.
The new daily service will complement Emirates’ popular Airbus A380 flight to Amsterdam, which commenced last August, less than two years after the launch of the route with a Boeing 777.
The second service will feature 266 seats in a three-class configuration — eight seats in First Class, 42 in Business Class and 216 in Economy Class.
Flight EK149 will leave Dubai at 1610hrs to reach Amsterdam at 2040hrs.
The return flight EK150 will depart Amsterdam at 2210hrs, and will arrive in Dubai at 0740hrs the next day.
“Our decision to add another daily service to Amsterdam is a direct result of a surge in customer demand. The enhanced capacity and schedule will offer our customers more choice when traveling between Amsterdam and Dubai and onwards to a multitude of destinations in the Indian subcontinent, Africa, Far East and Australasia,” said Hubert Frach, divisional senior vice president, commercial operations, West.
“Amsterdam has also proven to be a strong market for First Class and Business Class travel, so there is no doubt that growth remains a key objective for Emirates in the Netherlands,” said Frach.
Emirates SkyCargo, the airline’s award-winning cargo division, will offer 17 tons of belly-hold capacity on every flight. Key exports from the Netherlands include flowers, vegetables, plants, meat, seafood, automotive and ship spare parts and electronics.
The airline has announced plans to launch services to Stockholm on September 4.
On October 1, Emirates will commence flights to Clark in the Philippines as well as link the transatlantic route between Milan and New York.
In Africa, Emirates will launch a linked service to Conakry in Guinea from October 27.
Expanding into Eastern Europe, Emirates will launch services to Kiev, Ukraine on January 16 2014.
Emirates doubles services to Amsterdam
