Championing the importance of women’s contributions to the growth and development of aviation, Emirates recently hosted Shaesta Waiz for a Boeing 777 simulator challenge in its home base of Dubai. Waiz is the founder and pilot of Dreams Soar, Inc. (DSI), a non-profit organisation, which mission is to inspire and empower young females to become … Read more
Emirates has announced it will increase the frequency of flights between Dubai and Khartoum from five to seven a week starting 8 August, 2017. As with Emirates’ current flights between the two cities, it will also operate a Boeing 777 on the additional services, offering customers a choice of cabins with 8 luxurious private suites … Read more
Emirates has won World’s Best Inflight Entertainment award for a record 13th year at the prestigious Skytrax World Airline Awards 2017. The airline also picked up the award for Best First Class Comfort Amenities. The Skytrax World Airline Awards are considered a global benchmark of airline excellence. This year’s results were decided by 19.8 million … Read more
Emirates announced it will introduce a third daily service to Brisbane, Australia from 1 December 2017, complementing Emirates’ existing two daily services. The direct service, to be operated on a B777-200LR aircraft with eight seats in First Class, 42 in Business Class and 216 in Economy Class, will increase capacity on the route by 3,724 seats a week, inbound and outbound … Read more
Emirates is giving centre stage to its women employees on the upcoming occasion of International Women’s Day. Women make up close to 44% of the airline’s workforce and have been an integral part of the success story of Emirates over the last 31 years. Emirates currently employs more than 29,000 women from over 150 nationalities. Women employed at Emirates come … Read more
Upgrading the aircraft type to the double-decker A380 on its daily non-stop service connecting Dubai and Auckland was one of the key reasons for a successful first year on the route, the world’s longest A380 flight, says Emirates. Emirates yesterday (1 March, 2017) celebrated 12 months on the non-stop route, flown firstly with a 266-seat … Read more
Would you still fly if you couldn’t see the sky? The newest generation of airliners come in all different sizes, but they all have one thing in common: bigger windows. But a new project from Airbus Group’s Silicon Valley unit, A^3 (pronounced A cubed) is imagining a future without a direct view of the sky. … Read more
Passengers will be able to fly from London to Australia non-stop for the first time when airline Qantas launches its new service from March 2018. Australia’s national carrier says it will connect Perth, in the west of the country, to the UK capital using Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. The 9,000 mile (14,498km) flight will take 17 … Read more