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29 March 2024

Emirates to fly twice daily to Houston, LA

Emirates to offer over 15,000 seats on 98 return flights per week to US

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By WAM

Emirates has announced the launch of its second daily flights to Los Angeles and Houston.

The airline, which recorded a significant increase in revenue for the Americas in 2009-10, will soon offer over 15,000 seats on 98 return flights per week to the United States.

Starting  October 31 for Los Angeles and  November 1 for Houston, Emirates will fly non-stop to both cities twice a day on Boeing 777 aircraft, said a press release.

"Emirates has experienced very strong demand across all of its US gateways this year, including very healthy premium and business traffic. We are delighted to meet this increased demand with the start of second daily services to both Houston and Los Angeles." said Tim Clark, President of Emirates Airline.

Emirates currently flies nonstop to four US cities: New York, Houston, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

The airline will reinstate its flagship A380 aircraft on one of its double-daily JFK services from  October 31.

Emirates was the first carrier to launch non-stop operations from Dubai to both Houston, which started on 3rd December 2007; and Los Angeles, which began services on 26th October 2008.

The additional US services come during a busy summer for the airline.

Aside from the Boeing 777 order, FIFA World Cup sponsorship and new destination launches, Emirates further expanded its fleet with an order for 32 additional A380s at the Berlin Air Show in June.

This order, valued at $11.5 billion, adds to the 58 A380 aircraft previously ordered, 11 of which are currently in service.
 
Emirates' services play a significant role in supporting trade and tourism between the UAE and America.

Since the airline launched its first flight to New York in 2004, the value of trade between the two nations has almost tripled, reaching $12.7 billion in the 12 months to June 2010.

The additional flights will provide further impetus to the UAE's strengthening trade relationship with the States, which saw US exports reach $11.4billion this year, making the UAE the largest consumer of American exports in the Middle East and North Africa.