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Phil Hopkins
Group Travel Editor & Theatre Correspondent
@philhopkinsuk
3:00 AM 18th September 2022
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Emirates Ramps Up Manchester Post Pandemic
From 1 October 2022, the world’s largest international airline, restart its thrice daily service, adding a daily Boeing 777 service to its existing twice daily A380 service, operating seven days a week.
From 30 October this schedule will be further upgraded with a third daily A380 service offering capacity to fly more than 1,500 passengers to Dubai every day.
The revised flight schedule will see Emirates reintroduce flight EK022 which will depart Manchester at 09:50hrs, arriving in Dubai at 20:00hrs local time. The return flight, EK021 will depart Dubai at 03:00hrs, arriving in Manchester at 07:45hrs local time. From 30 October, a slightly later flight schedule will operate*.
By October, Emirates will serve the UK with 110 weekly flights across seven UK hubs including Manchester and Newcastle.
Richard Jewsbury, Divisional Vice President, Emirates UK, said:
“As more international destinations have relaxed travel restrictions and opened up, demand has continued to rise, and we’re delighted to offer better connectivity to our customers with this schedule.
"Manchester is a vital hub for us in the UK and our operations from the airport connect both passengers and businesses with our ever-growing global network.”
“As more international destinations have relaxed travel restrictions and opened up, demand has continued to rise, and we’re delighted to offer better connectivity to our customers with this schedule.
"Manchester is a vital hub for us in the UK and our operations from the airport connect both passengers and businesses with our ever-growing global network.”
For more information, visit emirates.com.