Emirates has announced that it will introduce two additional flights to its Toronto service, to complement its existing schedule and provide more choice and convenience to travelers.
The additional Toronto flights will be introduced on Aug. 18. One will operate on a Saturday, departing Dubai as EK241 at 03:30 a.m. and arriving in Toronto at 9:30 a.m. The return flight, EK242, leaves Toronto at 2:25 p.m. and arrives in Dubai at 11:40 a.m. the next day. On Sundays, EK241 will depart at 3:30 a.m. and arriving in Toronto at 9:30 a.m. The return flight, EK242, will leave Toronto at 2:30 p.m. and arrive in Dubai at 11:25 a.m. on Monday. Both flights will be on an Emirates A380, with private suites in first class, lie-flat seats in business class and spacious seats in economy class.
Emirates celebrated 10 years of operations in Canada last October, demonstrating the airline’s ongoing commitment to the market. Over the past decade, Emirates introduced new aircraft on the route from a Boeing 777 in October 2007 to the flagship A380 in 2009. The A380 scheduled service increased passenger capacity on the Toronto service by 40 percent and since then, passenger occupancy on the route has been consistently full, averaging 90 percent, with demand outstripping supply.
The additional flights will help meet the strong demand on the route, adding 65 percent capacity to the market.
The additional flights will give travelers from Toronto, and from across Emirates’ network, even more choice and connectivity when booking their travel via the Dubai hub. It will help to further boost inbound tourism for Canada and meet growing demand from travelers from key destinations in the UAE, India, Pakistan, Iran, Bangladesh, South Africa and Saudi Arabia. Passengers from Canada will also be able to take advantage of the additional flights to travel to popular destinations such as Dhaka, Kabul, Karachi, Hyderabad, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Johannesburg. The additional flights will also unlock seamless connectivity to Emirates’ partner airline FlyDubai’s robust regional network, with conveniently timed connections to Ha’il, Dammam and Madinah in Saudi Arabia; Najaf, Basra and Irbil in Iraq; Kuwait, Colombo, Dar-es-Salam and Bahrain.
