New EK destination: Porto

[dajop]

As indicated on Routes Online, in July, EK will be launching a 4x weekly 77W service to the Portuguese city of Porto. Nice place to visit, home of Port wine.

EK197 DXB0915 – 1430OPO 77W x135
EK198 OPO1735 – 0415+1DXB 77W x135

Interesting addition to the network, having largely exhausted the large cities in Europe they are now heading to smaller, but popular, cities.

 

[Squirrel.Monkey]

That's great. Spent 2 weeks in Portugal May last year, loved it. Would love a more direct route.

 

[RB]

Was a very easy airport when we were there. Arrived on LH & walked out of the airport a short way & caught an easy metro ride into the city

 

[Must...Fly!]

Was a very easy airport when we were there. Arrived on LH & walked out of the airport a short way & caught an easy metro ride into the city

Wonderful airport, agreed. Great connections in to the city. Portugal is a fabulous country to visit.

 

[dajop]

Was a very easy airport when we were there. Arrived on LH & walked out of the airport a short way & caught an easy metro ride into the city

Yes we did likewise after arriving on SN. But that was a 150 seat intra-Schengen flight. Very easy.

But, EK will have 350+ passengers with immigration. The airport does already have widebodies arriving from the Americas, so should be used to it.

 

[Isochronous]

Good initiative - many travellers would like to start their trip in LIS and leave from OPO, or vice versa.

 

[Mattg]

Can only agree with the above comments. Great city and convenient to get to/from the airport there. I would seriously consider using this flight if flying EK to Europe.