International airline Emirates has confirmed that it will begin a new daily flight from Dublin to Dubai from January of next year.
The new long-haul service will operate from Terminal 2, which has recently improved long-haul capacity at the airport with the addition of new boarding gates, will expand Dublin’s direct links to the Middle East.
DAA Chief Executive Declan Collier said..
“We are delighted to welcome Emirates to Dublin and we look forward to a long and successful partnership with our newest customer,”
“The improvements in Dublin Airport’s facilities in recent years, including the opening of Terminal 2, and our new long-haul gates in Pier E, was a major factor in winning this new service for Ireland,”
Emirates will operate daily flights to Dubai from 9th January 2012. The new Dublin-Dubai service will have a daily departure from Dublin at 12.55pm arriving in Dubai at 00.25am the following day. The return flight leaves Dubai at 7.00am with a scheduled arrival in Dublin at 11.30am.
Passengers will be able to choose from First, Business and Economy class travel. The new Emirates service to Dubai is the second new long-haul route to be launched from Dublin Airport’s Terminal 2 since the facility opened in November 2010. Earlier this year, US Airways added a seasonal daily service to Charlotte, North Carolina to its existing Dublin-Philadelphia service.
Emirates, which is the world’s 6th largest airline, operates services to more than 114 destinations in 67 countries from the airline’s Dubai hub in the United Arab Emirates. Passengers flying to Dubai and other destinations (excluding the USA and Canada) benefit from the option of checking in two bags, each with a maximum weight of 32kg.
Earlier this year Emirates announced plans to launch a mobile boarding pass for flights departing from Dubai. The new pass will be available for travellers to receive on various internet-enabled smartphones and other devices, when they check-in online for their flights.