UK travel at a high for Emirates
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July 2013 was Emirates’ busiest month for UK travel in its entire history, the airline has revealed.
UK traffic for the Dubai-based carrier was up more than 13% year-on-year, with almost 200,000 people leaving the UK on its flights.
Services from Heathrow, Gatwick and Glasgow posted record numbers, with Dubai, Australia and Thailand amongst the favourite end destinations.
The carrier also announced it will add a second Airbus A380 daily flight from Manchester to Dubai between 21 September and 30 September. The evening flight will run with the new aircraft, which is already used on its five daily flights from Heathrow.
Speaking to Travel Daily, Laurie Berryman, vice president UK at Emirates said: “Heathrow has performed really well with the five A380s that we are able to fill. The A380 is an amazing magnet and our customers love that the premium seats are upstairs, plus the stand-up bar is really popular.”
He also revealed the airline is seeing an increase in forward bookings particularly for the half term and Christmas holidays.
“Looking forward we can say for the first time that there is more strength and confidence in the economy and people are booking ahead. October half term, Christmas and February half term is getting busy,” he said.
The airline has also announced a new route from Dubai to Sialkot in Pakistan, which it expects will be popular with the visiting friends and relatives market in the UK.
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