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Emirates Airline is to launch flights to Durban from 1
October this year. The daily service will provide the only direct air
link between Dubai and Durban, one of South Africa's host cities of the
2010 FIFA World Cup™.
Emirates, an Official Partner of the 2010 FIFA
World Cup, already flies to Cape Town and Johannesburg. Durban
will provide another gateway to the world's greatest football
spectacle, one of South Africa's key tourism hubs and the busiest
port in Africa.
Salem Obaidalla, Emirates' Senior Vice
President, Africa, West Asia & Indian Ocean, said, "With 2010 just
around the corner, this is a great time to be adding routes in
South Africa. The third gateway will bring benefits to our
passengers and KwaZulu-Natal province well before, during and long
after the FIFA World Cup, so a good result for South Africa and
its increasing ties with Dubai and the Emirates network beyond."
Dubai Export Development Corporation figures show exports from
the UAE to South Africa reached AED 2.3 billion in 2007, whilst
exports from South Africa to the UAE reached almost AED 2.7
billion in the same period. Emirates SkyCargo will support this
trade and plans an office in Durban. The airline's freight arm
will offer up to 13 tonnes of cargo capacity on each flight.
Flight EK775 will depart Dubai at 0445hrs, arriving at Durban
International Airport at 1130hrs. The return flight, EK 776,
will leave Durban at 1300hrs to get into Dubai at 2340hrs.
A
278-seat Airbus A330-200 in a two-class configuration will be
deployed on the flight, lasting around 8hrs 45 minutes.
Emirates currently flies to 15 destinations in Africa. Services to
Johannesburg started in 1995 and flights now leave Dubai three
times a day. In March of last year, the airline started a daily
service to Cape Town.
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