After V Australia and Dubai-based airline Emirates have signed a codeshare deal effective 25 October. V Australia will market the seats and the flights will be identified with the Emirates ‘EK’ code as well as with V Australia’s ‘VA’ code. This new agreement will provide V Australia customers...

Emirates Airline has increased its free baggage allowances provided to passengers. The change is effective for all tickets issued on or after 4 May 2009. The new, more generous allowance has been implemented across the airline’s extensive network of over 100 destinations globally- 30kg for Economy...

Five flights were diverted from Dubai International Airport and a runway was temporarily closed Tuesday after an Emirates flight had to return back to the airport after takeoff, officials said. Emirates said flight EK087 bound for Zurich, Switzerland turned back shortly after takeoff "due to a warning...

Emirates Airline is bridging the Middle East and Far East -two regions that continue to record healthy growth rates- with its announcement of double-daily flights from Dubai to Kuala Lumpur and introduction of three additional weekly flights from Dubai to Jakarta from 1st May. The announcement closely...

THE pilot of the Emirates flight that nearly crashed at Melbourne Airport with 225 passengers on board had almost no sleep the previous day and was following the airline’s orders to take off at reduced power to save money on fuel. Several sources told the Sunday Herald Sun that Emirates –...

A FULLY-LADEN jet came only centimetres from crashing at Melbourne Airport last month, it has been revealed. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has placed it in the most serious category of aircraft mishap available to it – an accident, rather than an incident. An ATSB investigation update...

Emirates Airlines has announced its ‘Companion Offer,’ a 50 per cent discount, for all Business Class passengers travelling from Kolkata to any destination on the airline’s network. According to a UNI report, passengers booking an Emirates Business Class return ticket will receive 50 per cent discount...

Dubai: As a large and lucrative European air travel market, Germany is likely to witness a new tussle between Lufthansa and rapidly-growing Gulf carriers that are challenging the German flagship carrier’s market dominance. Lufthansa wants German politicians to block further expansion of Emirates...

Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline that flies daily to Malta, is offering Maltese travelers the chance to plan their holidays ahead with further attractive airfares to interesting destinations like Dubai, China, India, and South Africa. Emirates Manager for Malta and Cyprus, Paul Fleri Soler,...

Emirates will be offering football fans from around the UK the opportunity to purchase travel packages that include tickets for the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Passengers will have the opportunity to choose to watch a variety of matches at the tournament, which occurs once every four years,...

An Emirates flight has made an emergency landing in Melbourne after the Airbus A340′s tail struck the tarmac on take-off. Flight EK407, flying for Dubai with 225 passengers on board, had to dump fuel and there were reports of smoke filling the cabin before the plane made an emergency landing about...

Starting from April, Emirates would stop flying its two Airbus A380 aircraft on the New York JFK route, having started the service on the route eight months ago. The two aircraft would be redeployed this summer to Toronto and Bangkok. In June, the airline plans to allocate one of the two A380s currently...

Amadeus has signed a five year worldwide content agreement with Emirates Airline. “We are delighted to offer Amadeus travel agents efficient access to our full range of content using Amadeus’ extensive global network,” said Keith Longstaff, Divisional Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations...