Emirates will be the first airline to offer scheduled A380 services to Malaysia from December 1.
The Dubai-based carrier will operate daily flight EK346 with the superjumbo, departing the UAE at 0405 and arriving in KL at 1455, with return leg EK347 leaving Malaysia at 1930 and landing back in Dubai at 2230.
The news means Emirates will pip Malaysia Airlines to the post in offering A380 services from Kuala Lumpur. MAS is set to take delivery of its first superjumbo next spring, and is believed to be planning to operate the aircraft on key routes to London and Amsterdam (see online news May 31).
Emirates recently inaugurated A380 services to Shanghai (see online news April 27), and will roster the superjumbos on to routes to Johannesburg (October 1) and Munich (January 1, 2012).
For more information visit emirates.com.
Report by Mark Caswell
