Emirates has resumed its A380 services to Melbourne, with daily flights to Victoria from Dubai, making the city the second point in Australia to be served by the double-decker aircraft since restarting operations during the pandemic.
Yesterday, the flagship aircraft returned to the skies of Melbourne for Australians to enjoy its highly-popular signature services and superior levels of comfort and spaciousness.
The reintroduction of the much-loved A380 provides a near 50 per cent boost to passenger capacity on Emirates’ flights between Melbourne and its Dubai hub, allowing more eligible travellers to return home or visit family, or travel abroad for leisure or business as travel demand returns.
Melbourne joins Sydney in offering colourful new A380 livery services, which began daily from 1 December 2021.
“This year marks 25 years of our service to Australia, with Melbourne being where it stated for us, as our first Australian destination in 1996,” said Barry Brown, Emirates Divisional Vice President for Australasia.
“Our commitment to this country remains as strong as it was back then. Adding more seats to our Melbourne service is yet another way of demonstrating our commitment, as we continue to ramp up our services to Australia.”
Lorie Argus, Chief of Aviation for Melbourne Airport added: “We are excited to have welcomed the Emirates’ A380 return to Melbourne Airport. This is significant as it marks the return of our first daily A380 service for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
The wide-body aircraft will operate daily between Melbourne and Dubai, connecting our passengers to the rest of the world – assisting our pathway to international aviation recovery.”
The larger capacity A380 will replace the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, offering 426 seats in Economy Class as well as its Premium cabins, with 76 seats in Business Class and 14 in First Class.
Keeping the health and wellbeing of its passengers as a top priority, Emirates has introduced a comprehensive set of safety measures at every step of the customer journey.
The airline has also been building on its contactless technology offering and has scaled up its digital verification capabilities to provide its customers with even more opportunities to utilise the IATA Travel Pass.
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