Emirates to launch third daily Brisbane service. Upgrade third MEL flight to A380

[Andyzx]

This may be older news but I don't see a post - merge/delete if posted elsewhere

Emirates today announced it will introduce a third daily service to Brisbane, Australia from 1 December 2017, complementing Emirates’ existing two daily services.
The direct service, to be operated on a B777-200LR aircraft with eight seats in First Class, 42 in Business Class and 216 in Economy Class, will increase capacity on the route by 3,724 seats a week, inbound and outbound between Brisbane and Emirates’ hub Dubai.

Using a 777-200 with 2-2-2 in J class but at least its another flight and an option for late flight to SIN
Depart BNE
EK435 21:00 A380
EK431 22:40 772
EK433 02:35 773 1 stop SIN

The inbound service EK430 will depart Dubai at 22:00hrs, arriving in Brisbane at 18:15hrs the following day. While the outbound flight EK431 will depart Brisbane at 22:25hrs, arriving in Dubai at 07:00hrs the following day.

the date I checked EK431 depart 22.40

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MEL upgrade to A380

Emirates announced it would be upgrading its third daily service to Melbourne from a B777-300ER to an A380 operation from 25 March 2018, allowing passengers to travel aboard Emirates’ A380 on all three daily flights between Melbourne and Dubai.

happier days i guess:shock:

nice to see the pharmaceuticals are move by the tonne...

From a cargo perspective, the 777-200LR offers 14 tonnes of cargo capacity in the bellyhold. Popular goods expected to be transported on these services include fresh meat and vegetables, as well as pharmaceuticals.

 

[Ipilgrim]

Re: Emirates to launch third daily Brisbane service. Upgrade third MEL flight to A38

thanks for posting the changes come end 2017 Andyzx. Should provide a much improved chance to pick up 2 x reward F's in aug2018 bne - zrh for mrs I and me, as mrs I does the hard yards to collect all these creditcards then the least I can do is attempt to organise a gift wrapped 777 and 380.
Imagine a CD from Ipswich to brissie....how cool is that (if the prius mercedes honda is still available