Emirates boosts capacity to Milan with second daily A380 flight

Emirates airline today unveiled plans to increase capacity on the Dubai-Milan route with the deployment of a second daily A380.

The migration from a Boeing 777-300ER to the double decker represents a capacity increase of 1,834 seats per week between the two cities; enabling more A380 to A380 connections to and from key destinations in Australia, China, South Korea and South East Asia with just one stop in Dubai.

Commencing October 1, 2016, Emirates flights EK91/92 will be operated by an Airbus A380 aircraft in a 3-class configuration with 14 Private Suites in First Class, 76 flat-bed seats in Business Class and 401 seats in Economy Class.

Emirates’ flight EK91 departs from Dubai at 15:45hrs and arrives in Milan at 20:30hrs. The outbound flight EK92 departs from Milan at 22:20hrs and arrives in Dubai at 06:25hrs the following day.

The airline currently operates three daily services between Dubai and Milan, as well as a daily flight from Milan to New York JFK.

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