Emirates to fly to Toronto

By Aftab H. Kola

Emirates is keen on staring service to Toronto from Dubai.

DUBAI (eTN) - Emirates, world’s fastest growing international airlines, is launching services to Toronto from Dubai starting October 29, 2007 if the governmental approval comes through.

The non-stop service between Dubai and Toronto is planned to operate three times a week. Emirates will fly its Boeing 777-300ER on the route, offering 354 seats in a three-class configuration with six tons of cargo capacity from Dubai to Toronto and 12 tonnes from Toronto to Dubai.

“Responding to market demand, the new route will provide a first direct link between Canada’s largest city and Dubai, providing also convenient, ongoing access to the Middle East, Africa and the South Asian Subcontinent,” HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, chairman and chief executive, Emirates Airline and Group, said. “We anticipate this route will be very popular, connecting Canada to our global network of soon to be over 90 cities worldwide.”

He added, “This year marks a substantial investment in expanded services in North America, and with enhancements to our 777-300ER, we certainly look forward to launching operations in Toronto in October.”

The planned new route will provide travelers with access to all major Canadian centres with excellent connections available through Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. Identified as the country’s financial centre as well as for its world-class restaurants, cultural venues, trade exhibitions and hundreds of festivals each year, Toronto offers business and leisure travelers a host of reasons to fly the northern skies.

The Dubai-Toronto non-stop service will take 14 hours and 20 minutes and a return journey of just over 13 hours.

Making comfort a top concern on the long-haul journey, the aircraft will be fitted with eight luxurious private suites in First class, 42 of its latest lie-flat seats in Business class, and a comfortable Economy-class cabin for 304 passengers.

Passengers in all classes will enjoy the award-winning service from Emirates’ international cabin crew recruited from over 100 countries around the world; meals prepared by gourmet chefs; as well as the airline’s cutting-edge “ice “ (or information, communication, entertainment) system, which offers a selection of over 600 channels of entertainment on demand and the ability to send and receive email and text messages from their personal in-seat entertainment systems.

Earlier this year, Emirates announced plans to start services to Venice in July, Newcastle in September, Sao Paulo in October and Houston in December. Emirates’ global route network currently spans 87 cities in 60 countries across Africa, Europe, the Far East, Indian Subcontinent, and North America.

Printable Version | published Jun 06, 2007

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