Emirates will add a second daily Airbus A380 flight to Singapore from 1 March 2016 making it the Emirati airline’s sixth daily A380 service to Australia with the up-gauge of its current service between Dubai and Melbourne via Singapore.
EK404 and EK405 will be operated on Emirates flagship A380 aircraft replacing the existing Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. EK404 departs Dubai at 9.30am and arrives in Singapore at 8.45pm. It departs Singapore at 10.25pm and arrives in Melbourne at 8.50am the following day. The return flight EK405 departs Melbourne at 7pm and lands in Singapore at 11.35pm. It departs Singapore the next day st 1.20am and lands in Dubai at 4.50am the same day.
The A380 has a capacity of 519 passengers. Customers will enjoy additional seat capacity and another seamless A380 connection option when travelling to Melbourne or Singapore from a number of US, Europe and Middle East destinations globally through its hub in Dubai.
Australia will become the third largest A380 destination for Emirates globally with a total of six daily A380 services from Dubai to four Australian cities. It also operates double daily A380 service to Sydney and a daily A380 to Brisbane and Perth.
United Kingdom is the airline’s busiest Emirates A380 destination with nine daily services from Dubai with the second being the United States. Emirates partner Qantas also operates double daily A380s between Dubai and Australia. Eight of the 13 code-shared flights between Qantas and Emirates to Australia daily will be served by an A380 aircraft.
Emirates’ A380 has three cabins including 14 luxurious First Class Private Suites, 76 lie-flat beds in Business Class and 429 spacious seats in Economy Class, offering 2,000 channels of the latest movies, TV shows, music and games on its ice flight entertainment system. High speed Wi-Fi is offered on board. First Class customers get to shower in the two onboard Shower Spas while First and Business Class passengers get to enjoy beverages, hors d’oeuvres and delicacies prepared by gourmet chefs on its Onboard Lounge.
