Emirates will introduce a third daily service to Brisbane, Australia from 1 December 2017, complementing its existing two daily services and providing Middle East-bound business travellers more flexibility with another direct flight option.

The direct service, to be operated on a Boeing 777-200LR 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.

The inbound service EK430 will depart Dubai at 22:00 and will arrive in Brisbane at 18:15 the following day; while the outbound flight EK431 will depart Brisbane at 22:25 to arrive in Dubai at 07:00 the following day. All times local.

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The service will operate alongside two existing daily services to Dubai. Flights EK434 and EK435 operate nonstop between Dubai and Brisbane and onwards to Auckland, New Zealand, while flights EK432 and EK433 operate between Dubai and Brisbane via Singapore. With codeshare partner Qantas, Emirates offers services to Singapore twice daily from Brisbane.

This additional service will give passengers in Australia greater access to the United Kingdom and France with just one stop in Dubai as part of Emirates’ global route network, which includes over 150 destinations in more than 80 countries and territories.

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The airlines will upgauge its third daily service to Melbourne from a B777-300ER to an A380 operation from March 25, 2018, allowing passengers to travel aboard Emirates’ A380 on all three daily flights between Melbourne and Dubai.

Emirates currently operates 77 flights a week to Australia from Dubai, with flights to Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and Sydney. The addition of the Brisbane service will bring this number, including Qantas operated flights, to 98 flights per week to Australia from Dubai.

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