Emirates destinations

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A330-200 at Düsseldorf International Airport
A330-200 at Düsseldorf International Airport
Business Class Cabin Of Emirates Boeing 777-200
Business Class Cabin Of Emirates Boeing 777-200

Emirates Airline flies to 89 destinations in 55 countries on six continents from its primary hub in Dubai.[1] It has a particularly strong presence in the Southeast Asian region, which together, connects Dubai with more international destinations in the region than any other Middle Eastern airline. The countries with the largest number of airports served by Emirates are India with 10 and the United Kingdom with 6.

Beyond the immediate region, the airline flies the Kangaroo Route. It flew 4.0% of all international traffic into and out of Australia in the year ended June 2006, fifth to Qantas, for a total of 2,324,530 passengers and accounting for 65% of the market on that segment.

While the airline does not maintain sizable hubs elsewhere, it has taken advantage of liberal bilateral aviation agreements between Dubai and Australia, and with Singapore, to offer more onward connections from Sydney and Dubai. On 1 September 2005, for example, it launched six-times weekly flights between Bangkok and Dubai. China and India are major markets for the airline and has fuelled much of its growth in recent years, with flights to Beijing increased to twice daily beginning 1 June 2005, and flights to Bangalore increased to daily. Emirates is the leading carrier between India and the Middle East. It discontinued flying to Vietnam due to "security problems" in Ho Chi Minh City as of 10 May 1998.

The airline's strengths have also invited protectionist measures to keep it out of key foreign markets. In particular, it has been unsuccessful in gaining access on the transatlantic routes between London Heathrow Airport and the United States, and on the transpacific routes from Australia to the United States. The airline protested when Cathay Pacific was allowed on the transatlantic route in 2003.[2] The Australian authorities deferred decisions to allow the airline on the route to the United States from Australia.[3] Emirates has stated that it wants to dramatically expand service to Canada and establish a North American hub in New York City, but has complained about being shut out by Canada's protectionist policies.[4] Emirates has been successful in obtaining unlimited German-U.S. rights, which it exercises with a daily Hamburg-New York Airbus A340-500 service.[5] The German government denied Emirates' request for additional traffic rights to Germany in order to start services to Berlin and Stuttgart.

New Destinations from Dubai (Updated 6 May 2008)
Destination Frequency
(per week)		 Aircraft Commencing References
Kozhikode, India 6 Airbus A330-200 and Boeing 777-200 1 July 2008 [6][7]
Guangzhou, China 4 Airbus A330-200 1 July 2008 [8]
Los Angeles, United States 7 (daily) Boeing 777-200LR 1 September 2008 [9]
San Francisco, United States 7 (daily) Boeing 777-200LR 26 October 2008 [10]
Durban, South Africa 7 (daily) Airbus A330-200 1 December 2008 [11]

According to a report in The Seattle Times, Emirates is planing to expand nonstop service globally from its hub in Dubai to Los Angeles International Airport, San Francisco International Airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Logan International Airport, O'Hare International Airport, Philadelphia International Airport, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, and Washington Dulles International Airport.[12]

In September 2007, president, Tim Clark said that Emirates is planning on buying 10 more Boeing 747-8s to serve San Francisco, Los Angeles, and South American cities. He also said that Emirates is working on getting new flyover rights over Russia to minimise the length of the flights to North America's West Coast.[13]

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[edit] Africa

[edit] East Africa

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[edit] North Africa

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[edit] Southern Africa

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[edit] West Africa

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[edit] Asia

[edit] East Asia

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[edit] Southeast Asia

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[edit] South Asia

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[edit] Southwest Asia

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[edit] Europe

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[edit] North America

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[edit] Oceania

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[edit] South America

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[edit] Terminated destinations

[edit] Terminated in Africa

[edit] Terminated in Asia

Terminated in Southeast Asia
Terminated in Southwest Asia

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Emirates Route Map
  2. ^ Singapore Airlines to protest decision to allow Cathay Pacific to fly transatlantic route. Airline Industry Information (3 December 2003).
  3. ^ Australia rules out opening up Qantas' trans-Pacific route to rivals. Channel NewsAsia (8 January 2007).
  4. ^ Airlines’ The sky that is limited, The Vancouver Sun, retrieved 7 April 2007
  5. ^ Airline Outlook, Aviation Week & Space Technology, August 20-27, 2007, p. 23
  6. ^ a b Emirates to fly to Calicut. AMEInfo (2008-02-25). Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
  7. ^ Emirates to Fly to Calicut Expands India Network to 10 Cities. Emirates (2008-02-25). Retrieved on 2008-03-09.
  8. ^ a b "Emirates will fly to Guangzhou", Gulf News, 2008-03-04. Retrieved on 2008-03-09. 
  9. ^ a b "Emirates announces flights to Los Angeles", AME Info, 2008-03-13. Retrieved on 2008-03-13. 
  10. ^ a b "Emirates to begin San Francisco service", Gulf News, 2008-04-09. Retrieved on 2008-04-12. 
  11. ^ a b Emirates to fly to Durban from December. Gulf News (2008-05-05). Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
  12. ^ Emirates airline CEO lets ambition fly free
  13. ^ "Emirates to take a big leap forward in fleet expansion", Gulf News, 7 September 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-07. 
  14. ^ a b c d Image of old Emirates route map. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
  15. ^ Emirates Bandar Abbas Service From 1980s. Airliners.net (2008-05-11). Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
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