EMIRATES LAUNCHES NON-STOP FLIGHTS TO MELBOURNE

SEPANG (Malaysia), Feb 2 (Bernama) -- Emirates introduced its service to
Melbourne from Kuala Lumpur Monday, which will offer a daily connection between
these two important commercial tourist hubs.

Its senior vice-president for commercial operations, Far East and
Australasia, Richard Jewsbury said, the service was established in recognition
of the Malaysian demand for flights to Melbourne, as well as the Emirates' deep
commitment to serving both the Malaysian and Australian markets.

He said Melbourne was not only famous among Malaysians for its tourist
destinations, but also for tertiary education thus this flight offered
convenience and comfort in bringing Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur's doorstep.

Jewsbury said in addition to the introduction, Emirates had also increased
the number of flights from Dubai to Kuala Lumpur to 21 non-stop weekly flights.

"Emirates has always been committed to Malaysia and this increase in flight
frequency follows strong and increasing demand for flights not just from
business travelers, but leisure travelers as well," he said.

The additional flight, EK408 will depart Dubai daily at 0240 hours, arriving
in Kuala Lumpur at 1330 hours while its return flight, EK409 will depart Kuala
Lumpur at 0945 hours the following day to arrive Dubai at 1245 hours.

"This new service not only boosts options for Australian and Malaysian
travellers but will put travellers from every corner of Emirates' expanding
network, which this year sees the addition of Tokyo and daily flights to three
European destinations in Amsterdam from May 1, Prague from July 1 and Madrid
from Aug 1," he said,

-- BERNAMA



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