Emirates introduces 7th daily flight to Bangkok, effective 1st July 2016

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Emirates announced 7th daily flight to BKK effective 1st July 2016, to be operated with B777-300ER (77W).

With the new addition, EK will fly BKK 3 times daily with B77Ws and 4 times daily A380s.

Outbound:

EK376 DXB0255 – 1155BKK 77W D

EK384 DXB0305 – 1205BKK 388 D

EK418 DXB0905 – 1805BKK 77W D

EK372 DXB0940 – 1840BKK 388 D

EK370 DXB1520 – 0020+1BKK 772 D

EK350 DXB1950 - 0520BKK 77W D NEW

EK374 DXB2310 – 0800+1BKK 773 D

Inbound:

EK385 BKK0105 – 0450DXB 388 D

EK371 BKK0155 – 0545DXB 772 D

EK419 BKK0225 – 0600DXB 77W D

EK351 BKK0635 - 0959DXB 77W D NEW

EK375 BKK0935 – 1315DXB 773 D

EK377 BKK1540 – 1930DXB 77W D

EK373 BKK2040 – 0030+1DXB 388 D

In total, Emirates will fly thousands of seats daily between the two cities:

EK 370: B77W (F8; J42; Y310)

EK 372: A380 (F14; J76; Y427)

EK 374: A380 (F14; J76; Y427)

EK 376: A380 (J58; Y557)

EK 384: A380 (F14; J76; Y427) (continues to Hong Kong and back)

EK 418: B77W (F8; J42; Y304) (continues to Sydney/Christchurch and back)

EK 350: B77W (F8; J42; Y310)

Total Daily Seats per cabin:

F: 66;

J: 412;

Y: 2762

Not forgetting, the other Middle East carriers also plying same route:

EY: 4x daily

QR: 4x daily

WY: 2x daily

GF: 1x daily

KU: 6x weekly

TK: 2x daily

RJ: 1x daily

SU: 1x daily

MS: 4x weekly.

Reading this news give me numb feeling, no wonder most legacy carriers are fighting for survival, except QR and EY.

Edited May 4, 2016 by JuliusWong

[flee 5]

Legacy carriers did not give sufficient respect to the ME3 when they came on the scene. Like LCCs, the ME3 grew quietly and are now so strong that they are difficult to compete with. That is why they are now asking their governments to restrict or even ban the ME3 from their countries!

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As of today, EK fleet comprises of:

A319-132CJ- 1

 

A330-300

Order: 29

Delivered: 29

Pending: None

In service: 10

 

A340-300

Order: 8

Delivered: 8

Pending: None

In service: 4

 

A380-861

Order: 140

Delivered: 77

Pending: 63

In service: 77

 

B777-300ER

Order: 152

Delivered: 116

Pending: 36

In service: 116

 

B777-300

Order: 12

Delivered: 12

Pending: None

In service: 12

 

B777-200ER

Order: 6

Delivered: 6

Pending: None

In service: 6

 

B777-200LR

Order: 10

Delivered: 10

Pending: None

In service: 10

 

Future order: B777X= 150