Emirates status

[tso310]

Currently no scheduled services in operation. They have published a PROVISIONAL schedule and these are the flights which may be of interest to people. No african or asian destinations, Bangkok/Phuket excepted. Should this change and I expect it to especially the US flights, I will update this list.

 

Dubai – Adelaide eff 21MAY20 1 daily 777-200LR
Dubai – Amsterdam eff 01JUN20 18 weekly 777-300ER/A380
Dubai – Athens eff 06JUN20 1 daily A380
Dubai – Athens – Newark eff 21MAY20 1 daily 777-300ER
Dubai – Bangkok eff 01MAY20 3 daily A380 (2 daily 15MAY20 – 27MAY20)
Dubai – Bangkok – Hong Kong eff 21MAY20 1 daily A380
Dubai – Bangkok – Phnom Penh eff 01JUL20 1 daily 777-300ER
Dubai – Barcelona eff 21MAY20 11 weekly 777-300ER/A380
Dubai – Barcelona – Mexico City eff 21MAY20 1 daily 777-200LR
Dubai – Birmingham eff 01MAY20 2 daily A380
Dubai – Bologna eff 21MAY20 1 daily 777-300ER
Dubai – Boston eff 01MAY20 1 daily 777-300ER
Dubai – Brussels eff 01JUL20 2 daily 777-300ER
Dubai – Budapest eff 21MAY20 1 daily 777-300ER
Dubai – Chicago O’Hare eff 01JUL20 1 daily 777-300ER
Dubai – Copenhagen eff 01MAY20 1 daily A380
Dubai – Dallas/Ft. Worth eff 01MAY20 1 daily 777-300ER
Dubai – Dublin eff 01MAY20 2 daily 777-300ER
Dubai – Dusseldorf eff 01JUL20 2 daily A380
Dubai – Edinburgh eff 01JUL20 1 daily 777-300ER
Dubai – Fort Lauderdale eff 02JUL20 4 weekly 777-200LR
Dubai – Frankfurt eff 01JUL20 3 daily 777-300ER/A380
Dubai – Geneva eff 01JUL20 2 daily 777-300ER
Dubai – Glasgow eff 01MAY20 2 daily 777-300ER/A380
Dubai – Hamburg eff 01JUL20 2 daily 777-300ER/A380
Dubai – Houston eff 01JUL20 1 daily A380
Dubai – Larnaca – Malta eff 21MAY20 1 daily 777-300ER
Dubai – Lisbon eff 01JUL20 2 daily 777-300ER
Dubai – London Gatwick eff 01JUL20 3 daily A380
Dubai – London Heathrow eff 01MAY20 6 daily A380
Dubai – London Stansted eff 01JUL20 2 daily 777-300ER
Dubai – Los Angeles eff 01MAY20 1 daily A380
Dubai – Lyon eff 01JUL20 1 daily 777-300ER
Dubai – Madrid eff 21MAY20 1 daily A380 (2nd daily resumes on 14JUN20)
Dubai – Manchester eff 01JUN20 2 daily A380
Dubai – Milan Malpensa eff 21MAY20 2 daily 777-300ER/A380
Dubai – Milan Malpensa – New York JFK eff 21MAY20 1 daily A380
Dubai – Moscow Domodedovo eff 01JUL20 2 daily 777-300ER/A380
Dubai – Munich eff 01JUL20 3 daily 777-300ER/A380
Dubai – New York JFK eff 01JUL20 2 daily A380
Dubai – Newcastle eff 01JUL20 1 daily 777-300ER
Dubai – Nice eff 01JUL20 1 daily 777-300ER
Dubai – Orlando eff 01JUL20 1 daily 777-300ER
Dubai – Oslo eff 01JUL20 1 daily 777-300ER
Dubai – Paris CDG eff 01JUL20 21 weekly A380
Dubai – Phuket eff 01JUL20 2 daily 777-300ER
Dubai – Porto eff 21MAY20 4 weekly 777-200LR
Dubai – Prague eff 01JUL20 1 daily A380
Dubai – Rio de Janeiro Galeao – Buenos Aires Ezeiza eff 22MAY20 4 weekly 777-300ER
Dubai – Rio de Janeiro Galeao – Santiago de Chile eff 21MAY20 3 weekly 777-300ER
Dubai – Rome eff 21MAY20 2 daily A380
Dubai – St. Petersburg eff 01JUL20 1 daily 777-300ER
Dubai – San Francisco eff 01JUL20 1 daily A380
Dubai – Sao Paulo Guarulhos eff 01MAY20 1 daily A380
Dubai – Seattle eff 01JUL20 1 daily 777-300ER
Dubai – Stockholm Arlanda eff 01JUL20 1 daily 777-300ER
Dubai – Toronto eff 01MAY20 5 weekly A380
Dubai – Venice eff 21MAY20 1 daily 777-300ER
Dubai – Vienna eff 01JUL20 2 daily 777-300ER/A380
Dubai – Warsaw eff 21MAY20 1 daily 777-300ER
Dubai – Washington Dulles eff 01MAY20 1 daily A380
Dubai – Zagreb eff 01MAY20 7 weekly 777-300ER (4 of 7 weekly open for reservation from 01MAY20 to 31MAY20)
Dubai – Zurich eff 01MAY20 1 daily A380

[tso310]

Interestingly Emirates published this last night - 

Dubai – Brussels 07APR20 – 18APR20 3 weekly 777-300ER
EK183 DXB1010 – 1515BRU 77W 246
EK184 BRU1715 – 0150+1DXB 77W 246

Dubai – Frankfurt 07APR20 – 18APR20 3 weekly 777-300ER
EK087 DXB1040 – 1520FRA 77W 246
EK088 ZRH1720 – 0140+1DXB 77W 246

Dubai – London Heathrow 07APR20 – 19APR20 4 weekly 777-300ER
EK029 DXB0940 – 1425LHR 77W x136
EK030 LHR1650 – 0245+1DXB 77W x136

Dubai – Paris 08APR20 – 19APR20 3 weekly 777-300ER
EK073 DXB1010 – 1520CDG 77W 357
EK074 CDG1720 – 0205+1DXB 77W 357

Dubai – Zurich 07APR20 – 18APR20 3 weekly 777-300ER
EK087 DXB1040 – 1520ZRH 77W 246
EK088 ZRH1720 – 0140+1DXB 77W 246

[treetops]

The above flights will only be carrying passengers on the outbound leg, so folk currently in the UAE, and will return to Dubai with freight only.

[VBF]

Well you have to give them praise for trying. ????

Sorry for those folks in, say, Thailand, who want to get back to UK or Europe via Dubai but maybe they'll find a way to open that sector up sometime soon.

Edited April 3, 2020 by VBF

[tso310]

18 hours ago, treetops said:

The above flights will only be carrying passengers on the outbound leg, so folk currently in the UAE, and will return to Dubai with freight only.

There is a sizeable UK community in the UAE, don't forget Abu Dhabi is just down the road. With schools and universities closed probably until September I can see some demand for LHR - DXB as kids return to mum and dad. I must admit it looks like this announcement has caught a lot of the aviation commentators by surprise. 

[treetops]

1 minute ago, tso310 said:

There is a sizeable UK community in the UAE, don't forget Abu Dhabi is just down the road. With schools and universities closed probably until September I can see some demand for LHR - DXB as kids return to mum and dad. I must admit it looks like this announcement has caught a lot of the aviation commentators by surprise. 

I think on Thursday when the government ban expires we'll see a lot more flights including travel to Dubai and transit onwards.

[tso310]

2 minutes ago, treetops said:

I think on Thursday when the government ban expires we'll see a lot more flights including travel to Dubai and transit onwards.

Inshallah.

[tso310]

Some changes published by Emirates a few hours ago pertaining to Bangkok. The usual caveat on short notice cancellations.

 

Dubai – Bangkok eff 01MAY20 3 daily A380 (2 daily 15MAY20 – 27MAY20)
Dubai – Bangkok – Hong Kong eff 01JUL20 1 daily A380
Dubai – Bangkok – Phnom Penh eff 01JUN20 1 daily 777-300ER

[VBF]

5 hours ago, tso310 said:

Some changes published by Emirates a few hours ago pertaining to Bangkok. The usual caveat on short notice cancellations.

 

Dubai – Bangkok eff 01MAY20 3 daily A380 (2 daily 15MAY20 – 27MAY20)
Dubai – Bangkok – Hong Kong eff 01JUL20 1 daily A380
Dubai – Bangkok – Phnom Penh eff 01JUN20 1 daily 777-300ER

Are you sure?

5 hours after you posted I looked at the Emirates Travel Updates page:

 

Last updated: 15 April 2020, 15:45 Dubai (GMT+4)

• Emirates is operating limited passenger flights to carry travellers outbound from the UAE to some destinations.
• Current flights are operating from Dubai to: London Heathrow (four times weekly), Frankfurt (thrice-weekly), Manila (15, 16, 20, 22 and 24 April), Algiers (16 April), Taipei (18 April), and Chicago (18 April). 
• Stringent entry restrictions remain in place at these destinations as well as others across the world; travellers advised to check before travel.
• Safety and wellbeing of customers and crew remain Emirates’ top priorities.
• All Emirates aircraft will go through enhanced cleaning and disinfection processes in Dubai, after each journey.

 

Nothing about Bangkok.....

Edited April 15, 2020 by VBF

[tso310]

7 hours ago, VBF said:

Are you sure?

5 hours after you posted I looked at the Emirates Travel Updates page:

 

Last updated: 15 April 2020, 15:45 Dubai (GMT+4)

• Emirates is operating limited passenger flights to carry travellers outbound from the UAE to some destinations.
• Current flights are operating from Dubai to: London Heathrow (four times weekly), Frankfurt (thrice-weekly), Manila (15, 16, 20, 22 and 24 April), Algiers (16 April), Taipei (18 April), and Chicago (18 April). 
•  

While you are correct the Travel update pertains to April flights. My update was timed at 06:30 the site that reports this uses GDS data to which end I have checked their booking system and you can book a flight for 2 May at 10,370bht. EK373 BKK-DXB EK007 DXB-LHR both on A380 or you can book through to Frankfurt if you prefer at 10,780bht. The flight is optimised for LHR connection. The flight from Bangkok is not daily on the booking as I suspect the meant 3 a week from 1 May then 2 daily 15 May. As I said there is a caveat on short notice changes.

Edited April 15, 2020 by tso310
more info

[VBF]

8 hours ago, tso310 said:

While you are correct the Travel update pertains to April flights. My update was timed at 06:30 the site that reports this uses GDS data to which end I have checked their booking system and you can book a flight for 2 May at 10,370bht. EK373 BKK-DXB EK007 DXB-LHR both on A380 or you can book through to Frankfurt if you prefer at 10,780bht. The flight is optimised for LHR connection. The flight from Bangkok is not daily on the booking as I suspect the meant 3 a week from 1 May then 2 daily 15 May. As I said there is a caveat on short notice changes.

With respect, I wonder if:

"the site that reports this...." is actually accurate

Does Emirates own booking system allow these May bookings, or are you only looking at a 3rd party?

 

Thanks for your earlier posts  - clearly well-intentioned ????and I'm NOT just being argumentative but am wondering why that Travel update page hasn't been updated since I posted (14 hours ago) - it's now 06:30 GMT, 10:30 Dubai by the way. 

 

[treetops]

17 minutes ago, VBF said:

With respect, I wonder if:

"the site that reports this...." is actually accurate

Does Emirates own booking system allow these May bookings, or are you only looking at a 3rd party?

 

Thanks for your earlier posts  - clearly well-intentioned ????and I'm NOT just being argumentative but am wondering why that Travel update page hasn't been updated since I posted (14 hours ago) - it's now 06:30 GMT, 10:30 Dubai by the way. 

 

To try and answer for tso310, these flights have been added to the GDS system and if you go onto Emirates' site you can see that they are bookable.  However, there's a long way to go before they actually take off and lots could change before then.  For example, just a few weeks ago they added Dubai to Heathrow, Frankfurt, Brussels, Paris and Zurich but only 2 of the 5 got over the start line.

 

Edited April 16, 2020 by treetops

[tso310]

Thanks Treetops. As regards GDS data its up to the airlines to send their own data out to the likes of SABRE, AMADEUS etc. Changes to schedules will trigger an alert notice on users of these systems but as you say Emirates own booking system will reflect what is actually possible. Emirates are certainly ramping up in May. One reason is that they need the money. Dubai is primarily a trading nation with extremely limited oil and gas revenue so heavy state subsidising, eg Qatar with its huge gas reserves, is a limited option. Also with the value of their A380s plunging southwards as airlines are now planning to retire them, this makes commercial borrowing more expensive. In a Covid-19 thread its obvious Emirates are considerably cheaper than other airlines, but I expect them to respond.