Emirates’ A380 services to London Heathrow will become triple daily from24th January 2012, adding capacity to one of the airline’s busiest routes.
Coastweek -- Effectively, three out of Emirates’ five daily flights into Heathrow will be served by the superjumbo, which will replace Boeing 777s currently serving the route.
“Given the popularity of Emirates’ A380s, I know this news will be well received by our customers flying to from Nairobi to London Heathrow through our Dubai hub,” said Emirates’ Regional Manager for East Africa Essa Sulaiman Ahmad.
“As these magnificent aircraft continue to join our fleet, we can offer more seats and choice in and out of high density points, while enabling a greater number of passengers to benefit from the Emirates’ A380 experience,” he added.
This comes as good news to the tourism sector given that Britain is the leading source of international tourists visiting Kenya .
According to the Kenya Tourism Board, 174,051 British nationals visited Kenya in 2010 with better prospects for 2011.
The number of British holidaymakers visiting Kenya rose 10 per cent during the first quarter of 2011 compared with the corresponding period in 2010, according to new figures from the Kenya Tourism Board.
“Air transport is key to growth of the tourism industry and convenient, flexible and seamless connection is a plus for tourists.
"We believe the improved capacity and frequency will make it easier and faster for British tourists wanting to visit Kenya , which will in essence help grow Kenya ’s tourism sector,” Essa said.
Emirates began A380 operations to the United Kingdom in 2008. After supporting EK flights 001 and 002 between Dubai and Heathrow, EK 003 and EK 004 became A380 services in July 2010.
The giant aircraft, known for its quietness and spaciousness, offers 14 flat-bed First Class Private Suites with electrically operated doors and 76 fully-flat seats in Business Class - all with aisle access - on the upper deck. Downstairs, there are 427 comfortable contoured seats in Economy, spread across four separate cabins.
“Passengers in all classes can settle down to more than 1000 channels of films, television programmes, music and games carried on the ice entertainment system.
A personal satellite phone is fitted to each seat, which also carries a seat-back SMS and email service, along with seat to seat calling and a “My USB ” personal picture viewing facility,” said Ahmad.
Emirates operates 105 weekly flights to the United Kingdom via six gateways; London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Birmingham , Manchester , Newcastle and Glasgow .
In September 2011, Manchester , which is now a triple daily service, became Emirates’ second UK gateway to be served by the superjumbo, replacing EK flight 017 and 018.
The international airline of the UAE has a fleet of 17 A380s amongst a total fleet of 162 aircraft, flying to 116 destinations - now including Baghdad .
At the Dubai Air Show on Sunday (13th November), Emirates announced an order for an additional 50 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, worth approximately US$ 18 billion in list prices.
The agreement also included 20 Boeing 777-300 ER options valued at US$8 billion lifting the total order to 70 aircraft worth US$ 26 billion.
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