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Emirates makes room for more bums on the world's longest flight

Emirates is adding more seats on the world's longest commercial flight, by replacing the Boeing 777-200LR aircraft with its jumbo A380.

Emirates is adding more seats on the world’s longest commercial flight, by replacing the Boeing 777-200LR aircraft with its jumbo A380.

 

The announcement comes a little over three months after the carrier launched on the Dubai-Auckland route, which has an extensive 17 hours and 15 minutes running time from New Zealand to the UAE.

From 30 October, the double-decker A380 will replace current aircraft on the daily service.

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In addition to giving Kiwis more seats to Dubai, travellers will also have access to the aircraft’s inflight offerings such as the First Class private suites and Onboard Shower Spa.

Other benefits of the aircraft are the full-flat seats with direct aisle access for First and Business passengers plus all passengers will have access to award-winning ‘ice’ inflight entertainment system, which features over 2,500 channels of on-demand entertainment and free high-speed Wi-Fi access.

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Flight EK448, will depart Dubai at 10:05am and arrive in Auckland the following day at 11:10am (local time). Westbound, flight EK449 will depart Auckland each night at 9:15pm, arriving in Dubai the following morning at 5:35am (local time).

Earlier this week, American Airlines also expanded its presence in New Zealand, with direct services between Auckland and LA.

The codeshared service with Qantas was launched to give Kiwis more choice on services to the United States.

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