Emirates increases Auckland nonstop to A380

Emirates has officially announced that it will be significantly increasing capacity on its recently launched Dubai-Auckland nonstop service from the on set of the IATA W16 season.

Currently, EK uses a 266 seater Boeing 777-200LR on the nonstop DXB-AKL route however effective 30OCT16 onwards, capacity will be upgraded by deploying the 3 class 489 seater Airbus A380 over here. In turn this shall make AKL served 4 times daily with all flights exclusively operated by the A380 aircraft.