Second service for Sydney

Emirates Airlines will add a second Airbus A380 service on the Dubai–Sydney route from June 1.

Currently served by a Boeing 777-300ER, deploying two Airbus A380 services will increase capacity by 1,890 seats per week.

“Emirates’ decision to commit a second A380 on the flights to Sydney is a clear indication of customer demand for the state-of-the-art aircraft and the growing popularity of the early morning Sydney service,” said Salem Obaidalla, Emirates’ senior vice president, Commercial Operations, Far East and Australasia.

“A second A380 for Sydney also complements our proposed plans for the partnership with Qantas,” he added.

Pending regulatory approval, the Qantas and Emirates global aviation partnership will commence on March 31, and will see Qantas and Emirates as the only airlines operating at Dubai Inter-national Airport’s Concourse A, built exclusively for the A380.

The two airlines will jointly offer 98 weekly services between Australia and the global gateway city of Dubai, including five daily A380 flights from June 1.

The second daily Dubai-Sydney-Dubai A380 announcement complements a flurry of recent upgrades of Australian services, including the introduction of a daily Melbourne A380, a daily Adelaide service and a three times daily Perth service that started in March 1.

Emirates flies daily from Dubai to Malta via Larnaca, Cyprus, using a Boeing 777-200 aircraft.