Dubai’s Emirates Airline Bagged World’s Best Airline Award

Dubai based Emirates Airline bagged the highly coveted accolade for being the world’s best airline at the 2013 annual Skytrax World Airline Awards, sending waves of immense joy across the faces of all those who frequently reserve tickets with the carrier. The carrier also took home accolades for being the best in the Middle East, and for having the top in-flight entertainment in the world. The bestowal ceremony was conducted on Tuesday, June 18, during Paris Air Show.

Qatar Airways, which ranked at number one last year, was pushed to the second place, while the Singapore Airlines retained its third position in a row for second consecutive year. The award for the best cabin crew went to Cathay Pacific, and Air Asia got named as the top LCC. The news of the awards was welcomed by the passengers in Asia and Middle East, who book flights tickets with these carriers.

The awards were adjudged based on the voting from some 18 million business and leisure passengers from 160 countries across the globe on the factors ranging from the cleanliness of the cabin to the quality of the in-flight food and entertainment.

An elated Emirate’s President, Tim Clark remarked observed the significance of the award which is widely regarded as the industry's benchmark for excellence. He took the awards as ‘a vote of confidence from global travellers’.

The Skytrax Awards are considered to be the most prestigious accolades in the air service industry, and among passengers around the globe booking flight tickets to travel across the world.

Emirates is one of the fastest growing airline and a top choice of many for flights not just to Dubai but for countless destinations worldwide. The Dubai based airline connects over 120 destinations across 6 continents.

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Emirates All Set To Enhance Dubai-Jakarta Flights

Dubai based carrier, Emirates Airlines has announced to enhance its daily flights frequency on the route connecting Dubai and Jakarta with effect from March 2, 2013. The airline will now offer tickets on three non-stop daily flights instead of two daily services on Dubai-Jakarta route.

With the move by the airline, international flyers who are often to be seen scrambling for tickets on flights between Indonesian capital city of Jakarta and Dubai will very soon have added options. The enhanced flight frequency will allow tickets buyers travelling from Indonesian capital to select their preferred flight options and will easily connect them with hundreds of transit flights from Dubai.

Furthermore, the airline will deploy its sleek Boeing B777-Extended Range (ER) aircraft to offer flights tickets on the route. The aircraft will be configured to serve more than 300 business and economy class tickets buyers. 

In addition, with its increased frequency on the route, the airline endeavours to transport more than 2,500 tickets buyers per day. Besides, increased competition on the route may spell as cheap flights tickets for budget vacationers planning to travel on the route.

Based at Dubai International Airport, Emirates Airlines offers tickets to several destinations in Middle East, Africa, East Asia, South Asia, Australasia, North America, Europe and South America.

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Emirates and Alaska Airlines Announce Frequent-Flyer Partnership

Dubai’s Emirates, one of the world’s largest airlines, and Seattle based Alaska Airlines have decided to join hands. The two major carriers have come together to launch a new frequent flier partnership.

Dubai based Emirates and Seattle based Alaska Airlines have launched a new frequent flier partnership.

The deal between these two major players will allow passengers to collect Alaska Airlines’ Mileage Plan miles when they travel to any of Emirates’ numerous destinations worldwide. Similarly, the collaboration will make it possible for Emirates’ Skywards members to accrue miles across the Alaska Airlines flight network that encompasses the United States, Canada and Mexico.

“As part of our commitment to Seattle, we are launching our service by partnering with Seattle’s hometown airline to offer customers the convenience of a frequent flier partnership as well as one-stop check-in and through checked baggage,” Nigel Page, Emirates’ Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations for the Americas, was quoted in news reports.

He continued: “Emirates looks forward to welcoming Alaska Airlines customers with our affordably luxurious service both on the ground and in the air.”

Caroline Boren, Alaska’s Managing Director, Loyalty Marketing and Customer Advocacy, appeared buoyed with this new development.

"Alaska Airlines is delighted to welcome Emirates as our newest Mileage Plan partner,” she was quoted in news portals.

"Our customers will be able to earn and redeem miles on Emirates — a carrier admired for its service and quality and with a route network that gives our members even more access to global destinations,” she said.

In a bid to promote this new partnership, the two airlines will start offering double miles on each others’ flights. Double miles will be offered starting March 1 through May 31, 2012. It sure will be a wonderful opportunity for travellers with enough air miles to redeem their miles for rewards such as cheap flight tickets and airport lounge access.

Emirates to Serve Seattle

Industry experts believe that Emirates’ frequent flier partnership with Alaska Airlines is an effort to create a buzz around the Dubai-based airline’s March 1, 2012 launch of flights to Dubai from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. It will be a daily nonstop service and a B777-300ER will be used on the route. With the commencement of operations, Seattle will become the airline’s newest gateway in the US after New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston and most recently, Dallas/Fort Worth.

Apart from serving passengers who wish to book flights to Dubai from Seattle, Emirates hopes to serve travellers who want to fly via Dubai to destinations in the Indian Subcontinent and Africa. Emirates is a full-service airline that is not really known for offering cheap flight tickets but maybe with increase in the number of options getting hands around cheap tickets may get relatively easier.

On the other hand, Alaska Airlines has also announced that it will be boost its flight services this summer from Portland, Ore., to Santa Barbara, Calif.; Bellingham, Wash.; and several cities in Montana.

Emirates Paints Dublin Red as It Promotes New Service to City

Emirates, one of Middle East’s largest airlines, organised a dinner in Dublin, Ireland in a bid to promote its new daily service to Dublin. The event was attended by more than 800 guests including ministers and country diplomats.

Emirates, Dubai’s flag carrier, hosted a grand dinner in Dublin earlier in this week. The airline organised the event to promote its new daily service to Dublin that will start operating from 9th January.

The event saw a massive turnout with people from varied backgrounds like business, sport, art and music showing up in support of the airline. Ireland’s Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Leo Varadkar and UAE Ambassadors to Ireland and the UK – His Excellencies Khalid Nasser Rashid Lootah and Abdulrahman Ghanem Almutaiwee, respectively – also graced the do with their presence.

Performance by Lionel Richie was perhaps the biggest highlight of the dinner event that was hosted at the Convention Centre Dublin.

“We can see unusually high demand for the first two weeks after launch. This is an excellent response from the Irish market and we have not witnessed this level of bookings, nor such strong interest in a new route, for many years,” said Thierry Antinori, Executive Vice President, Passenger Sales Worldwide.

“This gives us huge confidence in Ireland and the figures support the commercial research that precedes any decision we take to launch a new service,” he was further quoted in a press release posted on company’s website.

Emirates is one of world’s largest airlines and is one of the automatic options for travellers who need to travel to the Dubai or need a stopover at the city for an onward journey. Emirates is perhaps not an airline that generally rolls out cheap flight tickets but the airline’s quality of in-flight service is considered to be one the best in the industry.

From 9th January, EK 0161 will take off from the Dubai airport at 0700hrs and land at the Dublin Airport at 1130hrs. EK 0162 will depart from Dublin at 1255hrs and land in Dubai at 0025hrs, the next day.

This new flight service is going to benefit passengers who wish to travel non-stop from Ireland to Dubai. Travellers will be able to make an onward journey to various destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australasia. Australia, one of the key markets for Ireland, is served heavily by the airline with more than 70 flights to Australia every week, including an A380 flight to Australia’s Sydney.

“Dublin has always been on our radar and there are already strong levels of trade and tourism activity between Ireland and the UAE, not to mention the important equine affiliations,” Mr Antinori said.

An A330-200 is scheduled to be plied on the new Dublin-Dubai route. It will be three-class configuration with enough options for those who seek luxury as well as for those who prefer cheap flight tickets comparatively.

Moreover, the aircraft will feature 15 tonnes of belly hold cargo capacity.

Emirates Launches Dubai-Dublin Operations

It is time for Emirates to unravel the Irish charm! Dubai’s flag carrier is all set to launch new flights on Dubai-Dublin route from the 9th of January 2012. This is going to be the airline’s first foray into the Republic of Ireland, discounting the Emirates SkyCargo which is already operating in Ireland, mainly carrying goods through Manchester.

Vast Irish population that seems to be scattered all over the globe will be the target customers for the airline. Irish population in countries like Australia and the UAE will surely be glad of the new announcement. Ireland is additionally a hugely popular tourist destination with millions visiting the place every year from all over the world.

Travellers are advised to book their cheap flight tickets with the airline as soon as possible as Emirates is not exactly known for providing cheap tickets on its flights! The schedule of the service that will be operational from Jan 9th is as follows - the flight will leave the Dubai airport at 0700hrs and land in Dublin at 1130hrs. For the return flight, the aircraft will leave the Irish capital at 1255hrs and will arrive in Dubai at 0025hrs the following day. Emirates will be deploying an Airbus A330-200 on the route, offering first, business and economy travel classes to passengers.

His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive, Emirates Airline and Group was understandably pleased with development. He hoped that the large number of Irish nationals living overseas will ensure that the initiative is successful.

Emirates & Etihad Airways Make It Special Summer for Travellers

The summer bonanza of Emirates is here! The airline that is regarded as the largest in the Middle East is all set to make sure that holiday makers this peak travel season are a happy lot.

On Sunday, the airline announced the removal of its fuel surcharge on all of its flight tickets. The airline made this move after global oil prices plummeted considerably last week – one the sharpest declines in the recent times.

Tim Clark, President of Emirates Airlines, said, “In line with the recent decrease in fuel prices, Emirates has removed its fuel surcharge on all tickets.”

“The removal of this surcharge reflects our longstanding commitment to our customers. We promised our customers from the outset that we would eliminate the surcharge as soon as it was commercially viable and this has now been done.” Mr Clark further stated.

‘Cheap flights’ may not be Emirates’ area but this dip on flight airfares is surely going to attract many vacationers, especially with the kind of amenities and luxuries this airline offers on-board.

But what makes it more special for the travellers is that another world class airline has come up with an attractive offer. Etihad Airways, with its hub at the Abu Dhabi airport, launched a new sales promotion for its UAE and GCC based travellers. This will allow passengers to book tickets on relatively cheap airline flights as the carrier is offering return economy class air fares with up to 40 per cent discount on regular air fares for journeys to be completed in May.

Etihad Airways was recently recognised as the Middle East’s Leading Airline at the region’s World Travel Awards.

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Emirates is undoubtedly one of the biggest airlines in the Middle East and amongst the most luxurious airlines in the world. Providing world class comfort and top-notch services is the motto of the airlines.

Official Website: The website www.emirates.com is a useful guide for searching booking information, airfares and the different cheap airfare offers put up by the airline at frequent intervals.

Address: London Heathrow Airport, Terminal 3, Departures - Zone C

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