DUBAI - Emirates, will serve Amsterdam with a second daily non-stop flight from 4th December 2013. The airline’s Boeing 777-200LR aircraft will add capacity of more than 3,700 seats a week in both directions.

The new daily service will be in addition to Emirates’ Airbus A380 flight to Amsterdam, which started last August, less than two years after the launch of the route with a Boeing 777.

The second service will feature 266 seats in a three-class configuration - eight seats in First class, 42 in business class and 216 in economy class. Flight EK149 will leave Dubai at 16:10hrs to reach Amsterdam at 20:40hrs. The return flight EK150 will depart Amsterdam at 22:10hrs, and will arrive in Dubai at 07:40hrs the next day.

Hubert Frach, DIVISIONAL senior vice president, commercial operations West, said: “Our decision to add another daily service to Amsterdam is a direct result of a surge in customer demand.

"The enhanced capacity and schedule will offer our customers more choice when travelling between Amsterdam and Dubai and onwards to a multitude of destinations in the Indian subcontinent, Africa, Far East and Australasia.

“Emirates’ value proposition to travelers is exceptionally appealing, with more access and connections through our perfectly located hub in Dubai, and unsurpassed standards of luxury and sophistication in air travel.

"Amsterdam has also proven to be a strong market for First Class and Business Class travel, so there is no doubt that growth remains a key objective for Emirates in the Netherlands.”
 
All classes of the Boeing 777-200LR aircraft will be equipped with Emirates’ award-winning ice entertainment system with up to 1,500 channels of on-demand entertainment, including movies, television programmes, games, audio books and music from across the world.

Emirates SkyCargo, the airline’s cargo division, will offer 17 tonnes of belly-hold capacity on every flight. Key exports from the Netherlands include flowers, vegetables, plants, meat, seafood, automotive and ship spare parts and electronics.