Emirates Airlines launches its first service in Miami, USA
The Emirates Boeing 777 aircraft launched the first service between Dubai and Miami in the US state of Florida, with an average of four flights per week, after a flight that lasted about 16 hours without stopping.
The new service to Miami provides an additional point of access to and from Florida in addition to Orlando, and expands the Emirates network in the United States to 12 destinations, which operate more than 70 flights a week, providing more options and convenient flights from the various stations of its network of routes to South Florida.. It also connects Travelers from Miami as well as from South Florida, South America and the Caribbean via Dubai with over 50 destinations in the Middle East, Western Asia, Africa, the Far East and the Indian Ocean islands.
The Vice President of Commercial Operations at Emirates Airlines for the United States and Canada, Issa Suleiman Ahmed, expressed his happiness with the start of its long-awaited service between Dubai and Miami, which we expect to receive a great demand from our customers who are looking for new experiences, with the progress of vaccination campaigns in many countries, including the UAE The United Arab Emirates and the United States and the safe opening of the world to international travel.
He said: "With the expansion of the options offered by the new Miami service, demand is expected to rise, business to strengthen, and the demand for cruise and leisure trips to increase, and economic and tourism relations between Dubai and Miami and their surroundings will strengthen. We are committed to expanding our operations in the United States in line with the increasing demand for air travel."
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniela Levine said the new service expands the leisure and tourism travel options for Miami-Dade residents and visitors, connecting them to new cultures and growing economies, and opening our doors to new visitors from Dubai and the Middle East will add to our growing list of global destinations and strengthen Miami's position as a global travel hub.
For his part, Director of Miami International Airport Ralph Kitty said: We look forward to receiving our visitors from Dubai, the Middle East and from all over the world. Emirates is undoubtedly one of the world's leading airlines, and Dubai has become one of the world's most popular cities for leisure and business trips.
The new service is an important addition to the existing trade links provided by Emirates SkyCargo, which has been operating regular cargo flights to Miami since October 2020, transporting exports of perishable products, electronics and other components as well as e-commerce goods.
The carrier has also previously operated several charter flights on its Boeing 777F freighter aircraft to transport horses from Miami to participate in various equestrian events and races around the world, and the quantities of goods it has transported to and from Miami since 2019 have increased to 7,700 tons.
With the addition of Miami, Emirates will increase the number of flights operated by Emirates to the United States to more than 70 flights per week and provide more than 26,000 seats across Boston, Chicago, New York (JFK and Newark), Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC and Orlando.
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