Emirates has announced that it will be introducing a second daily A380 service between Dubai and Birmingham, beginning Oct. 29.
Flight EK39/40, currently operated by a Boeing 777, will now be operated by Emirates A380, adding to the existing daily A380 already operating on the route.
Following the suspension of one of its flights to Birmingham, Emirates has decided to operate the new A380 — the world’s largest passenger aircraft, which features 615 seats. This means that from October, the airline will operate a twice-daily, all-A380 service to the Midlands.
Emirates’ decision to use a double-daily A380 service was in part driven by huge demand from passengers to travel on the iconic aircraft.
Since the first A380 service from Dubai to Birmingham launched in 2016, over 300,000 passengers have already flown on the aircraft between the two cities.
The A380’s popularity is partly due to the fact that it features the widest individual in-seat economy class screens in the industry, measuring in at 13.3 inches and offers over 2,500 channels on inflight entertainment system, ice. As with the current A380 used on the route, the aircraft will operate in a two class configuration, featuring 58 flat-bed seats in business class and 557 spacious seats in economy class, as well as Emirates’ popular Onboard Lounge.
With Emirates offering A380 services to a number of key destinations in the East such as Auckland, Bangkok, Beijing, Perth, Singapore and Sydney, passengers traveling beyond Dubai have an increased opportunity to fly on the A380 on both legs of their journey, experiencing all the benefits that it offers.
Travelers also enjoy connectivity to Emirates’ wide network of 31 destinations in the Indian Subcontinent and Africa.
In 2016, Emirates launched new passenger services to places including Cebu and Clark in the Philippines, Yinchuan and Zhengzhou in mainland China, Yangon in Myanmar and Hanoi in Vietnam. On July 1, Emirates will start flying daily to Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Emirates started flying to Birmingham on Dec. 18, 2000 as a daily service to Dubai, operated by a 278-seat Airbus A330. Since then, Emirates has carried over 5.2 million passengers between Dubai and Birmingham.

Source: Arab News