Emirates Adds Flights to Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro

United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Emirates Airline has announced it will expand its South American network from January 2012 with a new daily link from Dubai to Rio de Janeiro with an extension to the Argentine capital Buenos Aires. The new service will be operated by a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft offering eight First Class Private Suites, 42 lie-flat seats in Business and 304 seats in Economy and will launch from January 3. Emirates has fifth freedom traffic rights between the Brazilian and Argentine cities.

More news on this announcement will be included in this week's The HUB.

Schedule:

EK247 DXB0705 – 1535GIG1720 – 1930EZE 77W D
EK248 EZE2130 – 0120+1GIG0255+1 – 2235+1DXB 77W D

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NOTE: Schedule data extracted from Flightbase for week commencing April 14, 2011; Traffic data extracted from IATA BSP system for the year ending January 2011.