Emirates resumes flights
An Emirates Boeing 777 “Game Changer” aircraft. © Emirates

Emirates resumes flights to Beijing, Shanghai and Tokyo-Haneda. The airline will return to Tokyo-Haneda on April 2 after a three-year absence brought on by Covid, offering daily flights in addition to its current A380 service to Tokyo-Narita.

One of the airline’s most recent Boeing 777 “Game Changer” planes, which has first-class suites and the most current version of the Ice inflight entertainment system, will fly the well-travelled route. Tokyo Haneda will receive passengers on aircraft EK312 from Dubai at 10:35 p.m. local time. The EK313 will depart from Haneda at 12:05 in the morning and arrive in Dubai at 6:20.

Emirates Flights To China

Emirates will start operating twice-weekly flights to Shanghai again in China on January 20. EK302 will use an Airbus A380 to go nonstop from Dubai to Shanghai, and EK303 will make a stopover in Bangkok on the way back. Starting on February 2, frequencies on a three-class Boeing 777-300ER will increase to four times weekly.

Beginning on March 1, the Gulf carrier will add a daily nonstop service to the Dubai-Shanghai route. Flight EK304 will leave Dubai at 9:15 in the morning and land at Shanghai Pudong International Airport at 9:05 in the evening. Flight EK303, heading for the west, will take off from Shanghai at 11 p.m. and land in Dubai at 5:20 a.m. the following day.

Emirates resumes flights
An Emirates Boeing 777 “Game Changer” with a first-class suite. | © Emirates

Then, from March 15, Emirates will fly three-class Boeing 777-300ER daily, nonstop, from Dubai back to Beijing. Leaving Dubai at 10:50 a.m., eastbound service EK308 will touch down at Beijing Capital International Airport at 10:20 p.m. local time. The returning aircraft, EK307, will take off from Beijing at 12:40 in the morning and arrive in Dubai at 5 in the morning.

Emirates offers a nonstop service from Dubai to Guangzhou four times weekly under flight numbers EK362 and EK363. With EK362/EK363 operating as daily nonstop flights using Emirates’ flagship Airbus A380s beginning on February 1, the airline will expand services between Dubai and Guangzhou.

The outbound flight, EK362, will leave Dubai at 10:45 in the morning and land in Guangzhou at 9:45 in the evening. The return flight, EK363, will leave Guangzhou at 12:15 in the morning and land in Dubai at 5:15 in the morning.

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