Emirates Adds Birmingham to A380 Connections from NZ

Emirates Adds Birmingham to A380 Connections from NZ

An Emirates’ flagship A380 aircraft has touched down in the Midlands, commencing regular A380 service into Birmingham Airport. The first touchdown was watched by hundreds of people who gathered at Sheldon County Park to witness the arrival of the world’s largest passenger airliner.

Birmingham becomes the fourth UK airport served by the Emirates A380, with direct connections at Dubai from all of the airline’s five daily New Zealand services, following on from Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester (Emirates also serves Newcastle and Glasgow in the UK).

Emirates has been serving Birmingham for well over a decade, with its first daily service launched in December 2000. Based on strong demand in the region for Emirates’ services, Birmingham now boasts three daily flights to Dubai.

Passengers on board the inaugural A380 flight from Dubai to Birmingham connected from over 15 different destinations across Emirates’ global network.

Alison Gabrielle, a passenger on the inaugural flight into Birmingham, commented: “As a Bollywood cellist I fly to Asia and the Middle East almost on a monthly basis. I live 20 minutes from Birmingham Airport, so being able to fly on an A380 from so close to home means that I can travel in even more comfort during my work trips.”

The new A380 service to Birmingham will be operated in a two-class configuration, offering 615 seats in total, increasing daily capacity on the route by 261 seats. Birmingham is the 38th destination served by the highly popular Emirates A380. Other A380 destinations with direct connections from New Zealand include Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Munich, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Rome, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Zurich.

The Emirates A380 daily service to Birmingham operates as EK039, departing Dubai at 7:35am and arriving in Birmingham at 12:20pm. To book a seat on the new Emirates A380 Birmingham service, visit www.emirates.com/nz.

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