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Emirates to fly A380 double daily to Mauritius from Oct 26

DUBAI, September 9, 2014

Emirates airline will launch its second daily A380 service from Dubai, UAE, to Mauritius on October 26, instead of December 1 as initially planned.

This second A380 service, which will operate as flight EK703/704, replaces the existing Boeing 777 operation and will have a capacity of 489 passengers including 14 luxurious First Class Private Suites, 76 lie-flat beds in Business Class and 399 spacious seats in Economy Class.

“We are delighted that we are able to bring forward the start date of the second A380 service to Mauritius. The fact that we are introducing this service to the island in October demonstrates that the popularity of our product is growing consistently. This second A380 will increase Emirates' capacity by 1890 seats per week,” said Orhan Abbas, Emirates senior vice-president, commercial operations, Latin America, Central and Southern Africa.

On board, passengers in all three cabins can enjoy up to 1,800 channels of the latest movies, TV shows and music from around the world alongside a range of games on the award-winning ice inflight entertainment system.

The airline’s services between Dubai and Mauritius are operated in codeshare with Air Mauritius.

The flight will depart Dubai as EK703 at 10 am and arrive at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport at 4.45 pm. It returns as EK704, and will depart Mauritius at 11 pm, landing at Dubai International Airport at 5.40 am the following day, the airline said. - TradeArabia News Service




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