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Emirates roll out larger plane on Dublin-Dubai route two months early

The Boeing 777 wasn’t meant to start on the route until July – but Emirates have introduced it early due to major demand.

EMIRATES HAS INTRODUCED a larger aircraft on its Dublin-Dubai route to cater for increased passenger demand, two months ahead of its scheduled introduction.

The Boeing 777-300 was due to be rolled out on the daily route from July, but has been introduced from last week in order to cater for higher-than-expected demand for seats on the route.

The service began operation with an Airbus A330-200, with space for 237 passengers, on January 9, but Emirates announced within three weeks of that launch that it would roll out the larger Boeing craft from July.

From May 1, however, the larger Boeing craft – which also increases the storage capacity for luggage, from 15 tonnes to 25 – has been running on the route in order to satisfy the demand.

Emirates’ senior vice-president for commercial operations in Europe and Russia, Salem Obaidalla, said the airline had continued to be impressed by the ”phenomenal performance” of the new service.

“Now, Ireland has one of the largest aircraft in our fleet and we can now offer 52 per cent more seats.”

The airline has previously said that the capacity offered by the Airbus craft, which allowed 3,318 people to travel from Dublin to Dubai and back each week, would usually be enough to cater for the first two or three years of a new route.

By comparison, the Boeing craft will mean a weekly capacity of 5,040 on flights to and from Dubai. Emirates runs one flight in each direction each day.

Robert Hilliard, the chief operations officer at the Dublin Airport Authority, said Dublin had been “a resounding success” for Emirates.

The expansion of the Dublin route comes amid a year of major expansion for the airline, which is owned by the government of Dubai. The airline has begun flights from Dubai to six other destinations worldwide, and will begin flying to four more later in the year.

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    Mute Regina Costello
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    May 8th 2012, 2:45 PM

    June 15 I land in Dublin from Sydney via Dubai. 38 days , not that I’m counting. Haven’t been home since 2010 so can’t wait. My first time trying emirates.

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    Mute Jim Walsh
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    May 8th 2012, 3:02 PM

    I don’t think you’ll be disappointed Regina. Flew out and back to Sydney with them in February. Excellent service and great to be able to get to Oz with only one stopover. Pity the 777 wasn’t in service for the Dublin-Dubai leg as it has better in-flight entertainment from what I know.

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    Mute Mark Larson
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    May 8th 2012, 5:37 PM

    Its a great airline Regina, economy is like flying club with BA. Fantastic service. I also flew Etihad to Abu Dhabi another great airline. Enjoy your trip home.

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    Mute stephen corrigan
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    May 8th 2012, 6:57 PM

    Welcome home for june 15th!

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    Mute Brendan Brennan
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    May 8th 2012, 2:21 PM

    Fair dues to Dubai, they have a good attraction for holidays and business and to coin the phrase “if you build it, they will come” has really worked out for them.

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    Mute Sean Hickey
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    May 8th 2012, 7:08 PM

    Just don’t shine a light on their human rights record and all the peasant labourers living in Sonipur, the accommodation base well out of sight so as not to blight the splendid skyline.

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    Mute Phyllis Minnagh
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    Jul 21st 2013, 10:37 PM

    Must not spoil people’s fun. God forbid. Forget about children being use for sex, don’t let that bother you, as long as you have a good time.

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    Mute Phyllis Minnagh
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    Jul 21st 2013, 10:37 PM

    Must not spoil people’s fun. God forbid. Forget about children being use for sex, don’t let that bother you, as long as you have a good time.

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    Mute Richard Humphreys
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    May 8th 2012, 1:50 PM

    Any idea who is using the service? Is it connection flights or business? Just wondering.

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    Mute alan
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    May 8th 2012, 1:55 PM

    Irish millionaires. The hold has been specially designed to accommodate large string tied bundles of euros. And can you blame them? If you burnt the house down would you want to spend the rest of your life poking around in the ashes?

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    Mute Majid Hasan
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    May 8th 2012, 2:50 PM

    I used it.

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    Mute Joseph McGranaghan
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    May 8th 2012, 4:27 PM

    By cutting out heathrow it’s significantly cut the cost of flying to the far east and Australasia, making it the emigration express!!

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    Mute Piero Tintori
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    May 8th 2012, 6:17 PM

    Was on it about 6 weeks ago. Packed to the gills. Mainly connecting passengers (both business and standard) on to places like Australia, India and south Africa. Great way to avoid Heathrow…

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    Mute Maureen Kelly
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    May 8th 2012, 8:12 PM

    @Piero. Etihad does the job as well. Used it when flying to Australia two years ago.

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    Mute Paul Murphy
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    May 8th 2012, 2:22 PM

    I’d say its mostly connections. Theres only about 5000 Irish living in the UAE & Etihad has a direct service to Abu Dhabi too…

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    Mute Mata Mata
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    May 8th 2012, 3:06 PM

    The allowance of 30kg is fantastic to worldwide destinations via Dubai !

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    Mute Brendan O'Sullivan
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    May 9th 2012, 12:03 AM

    With all those emigrating to Australia perhaps Emirates should reconsider rebranding as Emigrants!

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    Mute Seannangle
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    May 8th 2012, 1:46 PM

    It’s only on for month of May, A330 returns in June then from July 1st it’s 777 full time.

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    Mute Tony Stanley
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    May 9th 2012, 1:48 AM

    Not sure what with all the thumbs down….the lad is right!

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    Mute Damien Kelly
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    May 8th 2012, 3:52 PM

    I’ve been trying to get to see this landing as I live on the flight path. But sadly since last week the directions have changed and by the time the 777 departs I’m already gone to college. Would so love to fly Emirates 777 from Dublin

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    Mute Jack Dooner
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    May 8th 2012, 2:49 PM

    Yeah, was thinking that too. Who is using the service? But yeah probably connections.

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    Mute David Ronan
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    May 8th 2012, 5:11 PM

    I’ve flown to Dubai on more than one occasion with Emirates using this aircraft via London. Fantastic service!! The new flights from Dublin make it alot easier to get to the UAE.
    If you haven’t been there then i suggest you try and get there at some stage, you wont be disappointed!

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    Mute Daniel Breen
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    May 9th 2012, 2:06 PM

    777 will be better flew A330- 2 weeks ago very poor service and IFE ,so bad aerlingus long haul beat it hands down .

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