Emirates will introduce a third daily service between Dubai and Cape Town from July 4, 2016, offering corporate travellers more convenience and choice when flying to the capital city of South Africa.
Operating on Emirates’ Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, flight EK 778 will depart Dubai at 10:50 and arrive in Cape Town at 18:30. The return flight, EK 779, will depart Cape Town at 20:05 and arrive in Dubai at 07:30 the following morning. The timing of the flights will give Cape Town customers and those from across Emirates’ global network greater flexibility in their travel plans and offer convenient transit times to connecting flights through the airline’s modern hub, Dubai.
The Boeing 777-300ER, will be in a three-class configuration with eight private suites in First Class, 42 lie-flat seats in Business Class and 310 spacious seats in Economy Class. As with all Emirates flights into South Africa, customers will experience the internationally inspired meals prepared by gourmet chefs and award winning ice entertainment system, with up to 2500 channels of on demand movies, television programs, music, and audio books.
In Cape Town, Emirates also offers First Class and Business Class customers a complimentary chauffeur drive service, as well as a dedicated and luxury lounge facility at the airport, which Platinum and Gold members of its Frequent Flyer Programme, Skywards, can also enjoy.
Emirates first launched services to South Africa 20 years ago, and in addition to Cape Town, the airline also operates four daily flights between Dubai and Johannesburg, and a daily flight between Dubai and Durban. www.emirates.com
