Wednesday, April 17, 2013




: Posted on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 3:27 AM

The Aviation News. Emirates airline is preparing to open direct flights Dubai-Stockholm. The plan, direct flight Dubai-Stockholm will be served by Emirates started 4 September 2013 and will be operated every day. After opening routes, which connects the two cities in the United Arab Emirates and Sweden, Emirates will also serve flights to the Philippines and Japan.
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To strengthen its presence in the Scandinavian region, Emirates announced that it will begin daily flight service to the Stockholm, Sweden, from 4 September 2013. City of Stockholm, which is consistently voted as the 10th best place to live and work, noted for having a view of the diverse and dynamic city that can be enjoyed by visitors. Supported by a strong bilateral trade relations between the two countries, trade between the United Arab Emirates and Sweden reached a value of more than U.S. $ 896 million in 2012, an increase of 4.3% compared to 2011. As a country in Northern Europe which has an advanced economy with strong GDP, Sweden is known strongly with iconic global brands such as IKEA, Volvo, and fashion apparel brand H & M.

Each week, a total of 4,956 seats offered during the year with new services in the future is expected to drive economic growth through trade among major cities in Sweden who crosses the Far East and Australia. "Following our success in the launch of flights to Copenhagen, Denmark in 2011, we have rigorously evaluate options for future expansion in Scandinavia. Sweden, with the growth of a stable and growing economy is the perfect location to expand our presence in the region," said Tim Clark, President Emirates Airline, Monday, April 15, 2013.

This new service will provide the only scheduled direct flights between Dubai and Sweden, which provides convenience to passengers in Sweden for access to the international network of Emirates Airline, including convenient connections to get to popular destinations such as Thailand, which is currently operated as many as six flights per day. By operating the Boeing 777-300ER, the daily service will offer a three-class cabin with 8 First Class seats, 42 Business Class seats and 304 Economy Class seats.

With more than 130 service flights in its international network, Emirates customers in Sweden will benefit from convenient flight schedule that allows them to reach 40 destinations in the Middle East, West Asia, and Australasia. "When a new airline service that connects our vast network directly is an integral part of our plan. Having done a careful assessment of trends in traffic, we ensure that the passengers of Sweden can reach more than 25 destinations across the Middle East with the time minimal transit in Dubai, and this is something that is valuable to our customers, "said Clark.

Emirates' latest daily flights with Stockholm's destination will depart from Dubai with the flight number EK157 and will arrive at Arlanda Airport in Stockholm at 12.00 the same day. The return flight, EK158 will depart at 13:55 and will arrive at Dubai International Airport at 22:25. In addition, the operation of passenger cargos, Emirates offers 19 tonnes of cargo capacity for the two cities. Popular commodities that shipped include pharmaceuticals, construction equipment, electronics, foods with preservatives, textiles, leather goods, plants and flowers. Emirates SkyCargo has been successfully operate three times a week service to the Gonthenburg in addition to Sweden and Stockholm are expected to further enhance the airline's cargo operations in the region.

In all cabin classes, passengers can enjoy over 1,400 channels of entertainment desired by ICE, in-flight entertainment system that won the award. Passengers on all Emirates flights can also achieve the added bonus of extra baggage is allowed up to 30 kilograms for those who travel by Economy Class, 40 kilograms for Business Class and 50 kilograms for First Class.

Stockholm is the most populous urban regions in Scandinavia with a population of more than 1.4 million homes.

Emirates will launch in Stockholm following the launch at Haneda Airport on June 3, 2013. After the launch in Stockholm, will be followed shortly by the launch of daily flights to the Clark, Philippines on October 1, 2013.


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