Since launching passenger flights to the Amsterdam in May 2010, the route has been operated with a combination of Boeing 777-300ER and Boeing 777-200LR aircraft, arranged in a three-class configuration. Following 18 months of strong demand, the Boeings will be replaced with the airline’s flagship Airbus A380.

 

The change will mean A380 service will then be available all the way from Auckland to six Europe gateways - London, Manchester, Paris, Rome, Munich and Amsterdam among 31 Europe destinations on the Emirates network. Emirates is the only airline operating the A380 to and from New Zealand (via Sydney) and from October this year two out of the airline’s four daily services from New Zealand will be A380 flights (the second via Melbourne).

 

“To upgrade from a 777 operation to an A380 in a relatively short space of time demonstrates the strong demand from travellers to fly with Emirates and experience our superior products and services,” said Salem Obaidalla, Emirates’ Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations, Europe and Russian Federation, commenting on the change on the Amsterdam route.

 

Among its 169 aircraft in operation, Emirates has a fleet of 20 Airbus A380s which currently serve Auckland, Bangkok, Beijing, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, London Heathrow, Manchester, Munich, New York JFK, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Shanghai, Sydney and Toronto. Amsterdam will become the 19th destination served by Emirates A380s following an A380 deployment to Tokyo in July.

 

Since being introduced to the airline’s fleet in 2008, the Emirates A380 has carried around eight million passengers and is supported by more than 3,000 dedicated cabin crew and pilots. 

 

Travellers in all cabins can enjoy the airline’s highly-awarded ice entertainment system, captivating passengers with 1,200 channels of movies, games, music, information and audio programmes.

 

Emirates’ hospitality is delivered by highly trained multi-national staff, both in the air and on the ground, speaking as many languages as destinations in the airline’s rapidly expanding network.