After several life extensions Emirates A340-500 A6-ERE was finally withdrawn from service at Dubai this afternoon after arriving as EK641 from Kabul and entered the Dubai maintenance facility. This brings to an end Emirates A340-500 service.
Emirates today announced a fourth daily Dubai – London Gatwick service to commence on 1st October. The Three Class Boeing 777-300ER service will operate to the following schedule:
EK23 Dubai 0950 – London Gatwick 1430
EK24 London Gatwick 1650 Dubai 0240+1.
Emirates A330-200 A6-EAF operated an additional Dubai – Riyadh rotation late this morning as EK3815/EK3816.
Emirates Boeing 777-31H A6-EMN operated an additional Dubai – Medina rotation in the early hours of this morning as EK2807/EK2808.
The following Emirates flights did not operate today:
EK183 Dubai – Brussels
EK184 Brussels – Dubai.
Emirates commenced a new Dubai – Cebu – Clark – Dubai circuit today with Boeing 777-31HER A6-EBZ operating the inaugural EK338. This is the airline’s first service to Cebu and represents a return to Clark which was briefly served directly in 2013/2014.
The following Emirates flights did not operate today:
EK183 Dubai – Brussels
EK184 Brussels – Dubai.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EGY operating EK107 Dubai – Larnaca – Athens routed Dubai – Athens direct this morning when Larnaca was closed to traffic after a hijacked Egyptair flight landed there.
The following Emirates flights did not operate today:
EK107 Larnaca – Athens
EK183 Dubai – Brussels
EK184 Brussels – Dubai.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ECL, which has been under maintenance at Dubai since 16th March, returned to service this morning operating EK855 Dubai – Kuwait.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EBF, which has been under maintenance at Dubai since 22nd March, returned to service this morning operating EK620 Dubai – Sialkot.
Following the technical issue it encountered on 26th March, Emirates A380 A6-EEE departed Shanghai Pudong in the early hours of this morning operating the delayed EK303 Shanghai Pudong – Dubai of 26th March as EK8303.
Emirates Boeing 777-31H A6-EMN operated an additional Dubai – Medina rotation in the early hours of this morning as EK2807/EK2808.
The following Emirates flights did not operate today:
EK183 Dubai – Brussels
EK184 Brussels – Dubai.
Emirates Boeing 777-36NER A6-ECM entered the Dubai maintenance facility this evening after arriving as EK872 from Kuwait.
Emirates commenced a sixth daily Dubai – London Heathrow rotation today with Boeing 777-31HER A6-ENX operating the inaugural EK31/EK32 rotation.
Emirates A380 A6-EOW entered service this morning operating EK55 Dubai – Dusseldorf.
Emirates switched operation of the EK39/EK40 Dubai – Birmingham rotation from B777-300ER to A380 equipment today with A6-EOR operating the inaugural A380 rotation.
The following Emirates flights did not operate today:
EK183 Dubai – Brussels
EK184 Brussels – Dubai.
Emirates A380 A6-EEE arrived into Shanghai Pudong as EK302 from Dubai this evening, / however the return EK303 did not operate due to a technical issue with the aircraft.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ENH operated an additional Dubai – Riyadh rotation this evening as EK3815/EK3816.
Emirates A380 A6-EOP operating EK19 Dubai – Manchester diverted via London Heathrow this evening after going around three times at Manchester when the Flight Management System repeatedly warned that Manchester’s runways were too short to attempt to land on. Due to the delay caused by the diversion the return EK20 operated after midnight as EK20D. This was the first appearance of a Two Class A380 at London Heathrow.
The following Emirates flights did not operate today:
EK183 Dubai – Brussels
EK184 Brussels – Dubai.
Emirates A380 A6-EOW was delivered Finkenwerder – Dubai this evening as EK7380. This brings the Emirates A380 fleet up to 75 aircraft. The aircraft is in 14F/76J/429Y configuration.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ENI operated an additional Dubai – Geneva rotation this morning as EK2559/EK2560.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EBX operated an additional Dubai – Mauritius rotation this morning as EK2605/EK2606.
Emirates A380 A6-EEV positioned Dubai – Bordeaux for maintenance in the early hours of this morning as EK2557.
The following Emirates flights did not operate today:
EK183 Dubai – Brussels
EK184 Brussels – Dubai.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ECZ operated an additional Dubai – Riyadh rotation this morning as EK3815/EK3816.
The following Emirates flights did not operate today:
EK183 Dubai – Brussels
EK184 Brussels – Dubai.
Following its diversion yesterday, Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EGP departed Dusseldorf late this afternoon operating today’s scheduled EK184 Brussels – Dubai as a Dusseldorf – Dubai service.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EBV, which has been under maintenance at Dubai since 14th March, returned to service this morning operating EK135 Dubai – Venice.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EBA, which has been under maintenance at Dubai since 4th March, returned to service this morning operating EK157 Dubai – Stockholm Arlanda.
EK183 Dubai – Brussels did not operate today:
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ENL entered the Dubai maintenance facility this evening after arriving as EK102 from Milan Malpensa.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EBF entered the Dubai maintenance facility this evening after arriving as EK42 from Birmingham.
Emirates A380 A6-EOW, still wearing test registration F-WWSJ, positioned Toulouse – Birmingham using an Airbus callsign this afternoon. The aircraft did jetbridge trials this evening prior to Emirates commencing A380 service to Birmingham next week and will be the centre of media events tomorrow.
Emirates A330-200 A6-EKS was withdrawn from service and entered the Dubai maintenance facility this evening after arriving as EK948 from Basra.
Emirates A380 A6-EEU, which has been under maintenance at Bordeaux since 7th March, positioned Bordeaux – Dubai late this morning as EK2558.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EGP operating EK183 Dubai – Brussels diverted to Dusseldorf early this afternoon after Brussels airport was closed due to explosions in the departures area. EK184 Brussels – Dubai was cancelled.
Emirates A380 A6-EEG positioned Dubai – Abu Dhabi for maintenance this morning as EK2553.
Following the technical issue it encountered on 16th March, Emirates A380 A6-EDW positioned Shanghai Pudong – Dubai this afternoon as EK2519.
Emirates A380 A6-EUE made its first flight from Toulouse today wearing test registration F-WWAU and positioned Toulouse – Finkenwerder.
Following the technical issue it encountered on 18th March, /Emirates A340-300 A6-ERN positioned Entebbe – Dubai this afternoon as EK2676.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EBD operated an additional Dubai – Riyadh rotation this evening as EK3819/EK3820.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ECZ operated an additional Dubai – Riyadh rotation this morning as EK3815/EK3816 and an additional Dubai – Jeddah rotation early this evening as EK3801/EK3802.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EGO operated an additional Dubai – Mauritius rotation this morning as EK2605/EK2606.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EPK entered service this evening operating EK568 Dubai – Banglore. The aircraft is in 8F/42J/310Y configuration.
Emirates A380 A6-EEC arrived into Shanghai Pudong as EK302 from Dubai this afternoon, however the return EK303 has been delayed overnight due to a lack of rested crew at Shanghai following the delays to yesterday’s service. EK303 will now operate early tomorrow as EK303A.
Emirates A340-300 A6-ERN operated EK729 Dubai – Entebbe this morning, however the return EK730 was cancelled due to a technical issue with the aircraft.
Emirates A380 A6-EDN, /which has been under maintenance at Abu Dhabi since 5th March, positioned Abu Dhabi – Dubai this morning as EK2552.
Withdrawn Emirates A330-200 A6-EKR undertook a Dubai – Dubai test flight this morning as EK2551.
Following its diversion yesterday, Emirates A380 A6-EEJ positioned Hong Kong – Shanghai Pudong this morning as EK2518. Due to weather issues reducing the number of passengers travelling all passengers at Shanghai Pudong could be accommodated on existing services and so the aircraft positioned Shanghai Pudong – Dubai as EK2519.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EPG operated an additional Dubai – Riyadh rotation this morning as EK3815/EK3816.
Following its weather diversion yesterday, / Emirates A380 A6-EDX departed Hong Kong this morning continuing yesterday’s double diverted Dubai – Shanghai Pudong routing Hong Kong – Shanghai Pudong as EK302D. The aircraft then operated yesterday’s delayed EK303 Shanghai Pudong – Dubai as EK303D.
Emirates A330-200 A6-EKV operating EK600 Dubai – Karachi diverted to Muscat this morning having failed to get into Karachi due to weather. The aircraft then returned to Dubai from Muscat using as EK601.
Emirates Boeing 777-31H A6-EMR, which has been under maintenance at Dubai since 22nd February, returned to service in the early hours of this morning operating EK967 Dubai – Mashhad.
The following Emirates flights did not operate today:
EK601 Karachi – Dubai
EK606 Dubai – Karachi
EK607 Karachi – Dubai
EK730 Entebbe – Dubai.
Emirates Boeing 777-31H A6-EMQ entered the Dubai maintenance facility this afternoon after arriving as EK531 from Kochi.
Following the A380 technical issue at Shanghai Pudong yesterday, Emirates A380 A6-EEJ positioned Dubai – Shanghai Pudong this morning as EK2518, however the aircraft was forced to divert to Hong Kong due to weather at Shanghai.
Following the earlier return of EK302 Dubai – Shanghai Pudong to Dubai, usa Emirates A380 A6-EDX took over the flight operating as EK302D. However due to weather at Shanghai the aircraft was forced to divert to Hong Kong.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EBZ, ed which has been under maintenance at Dubai since the early hours of 12th March, returned to service this morning operating EK35 Dubai – Newcastle.
Emirates A380 A6-EDU operating EK302 Dubai – Shanghai Pudong was just over an hour into the flight in the early hours of this morning when it turned back to Dubai for a safe landing after a cockpit windshield cracked.
Emirates A380 A6-EDW arrived into Shanghai Pudong as EK302 from Dubai this afternoon, however it was unable to operated its scheduled return as EK303 due to a technical issue.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EPK was delivered Paine Field – Dubai this evening as EK7777. This brings the B777-300ER fleet up to 115 aircraft.
Emirates Boeing 777-36NER A6-ECL entered the Dubai maintenance facility this evening after arriving as EK928 from Cairo.
Emirates A380 A6-EOV positioned Dubai – Hyderbad as EK2507 early this afternoon where it will appear as an exhibit at the Indian Aviation Exhibition and Conference.
Emirates Boeing 777-36NER A6-EBE arrived into Karachi early this morning as EK610 from Dubai (depart Dubai 14th March), however the return EK611 was delayed until this afternoon due to a technical issue when it operated as EK611D.
Emirates A330-200 A6-EAH was withdrawn from service and entered the Dubai maintenance facility this afternoon after arriving as EK863 from Muscat.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EBV entered the Dubai maintenance facility in the early hours of this morning after arriving as EK40 from Birmingham.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ECE operating EK229 Dubai – Seattle diverted via Vancouver this afternoon due to weather at Seattle.
Emirates A380 A6-EDM operating the Dubai – Melbourne sector of EK406 Dubai – Melbourne – Auckland (depart Dubai 12th March) diverted via Adelaide this morning due to weather at Melbourne. The complete routing was therefore Dubai – Adelaide – Melbourne – Auckland.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ECY, which has been under maintenance at Dubai since 6th March, returned to service in the early hours of this morning operating EK356 Dubai – Jakarta.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EBZ entered the Dubai maintenance facility in the early hours of this morning after arriving as EK585 from Dhaka.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EPG operated an additional Dubai – Riyadh rotation this morning as EK3815/EK3816.
Emirates A380 A6-EEK operating the Dubai – Sydney sector of EK412 Dubai – Sydney – Auckland diverted via Colombo this evening due to a emergency on board. The complete route was therefore Dubai – Colombo – Sydney – Auckland.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EBX operated an additional Dubai – Jeddah rotation this afternoon as EK3801/EK3802.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ENI operated an additional Dubai – Riyadh rotation this morning as EK3815/EK3816.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ECH, which has been under maintenance at Dubai since 1st March, returned to service this morning operating EK751 Dubai – Casablanca.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ECH, which has been under maintenance at Dubai since 1st March, returned to service this morning operating EK751 Dubai – Casablanca.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EGG operated yesterday’s delayed EK139/EK140 Dubai – Prague rotation in the early hours of this morning as EK139/EK140D.
The following Emirates flights did not operate today:
EK105 Dubai – Athens
EK106 Athens – Dubai
EK135 Dubai – Venice
EK136 Venice – Dubai
EK139 Dubai – Prague
EK140 Prague – Dubai
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Emirates A380 A6-EUD made its first flight from Toulouse today as F-WWAM and positioned Toulouse – Finkenwerder.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ECS operating EK221 Dubai – Dallas-Fort Worth diverted via Houston this afternoon due to weather at Dallas-Fort Worth.
Emirates A380 A6-EDL, which has been under maintenance at Dubai since 2nd March, returned to service this afternoon operating EK3 Dubai – London Heathrow.
Emirates A380 A6-EOE, find which has been under maintenance at Dubai since 29th February, returned to service this afternoon operating EK85 Dubai – Zurich.
Following its technical return to Budapest on 5th March, Emirates Boeing 777-31H A6-EMO positioned Budapest – Dubai this morning as EK2554.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EBX, which has been under maintenance at Dubai since 1st March, returned to service this morning operating EK157 Dubai – Stockholm Arlanda.
Emirates A380 A6-EDE, which has been under maintenance at Dubai since 28th February, returned to service this morning operating EK87 Dubai – Zurich.
Emirates A380 A6-EDV, which has been under maintenance at Dubai since 14th February, returned to service this morning operating EK1 Dubai – London Heathrow.
Emirates A380 A6-EDJ entered the Dubai maintenance facility this morning after arriving as EK323 from Seoul Incheon.
Emirates A380 A6-EEU positioned Dubai – Bordeaux for maintenance in the early hours of this morning as EK2557.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ECY entered the Dubai maintenanance facility this evening after arriving as EK54 from Munich.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EBH operated a Dubai – Dubai training circuit this morning making several circuits of Dubai World Central.
Emirates Boeing 777-31H A6-EMO operating EK112 Budapest – Dubai returned to Budapest shortly after take off this afternoon when the nose gear failed to fully retract.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EBD, which has been under maintenance at Dubai since 16th February, returned to service this morning operating EK586 Dubai – Dhaka.
Emirates A380 A6-EDN positioned Dubai – Abu Dhabi for maintenance in the early hours of this morning as EK2551.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EBA entered the Dubai maintenance facility late tonight after arriving as EK587 from Dhaka.
Emirates A380 A6-EEL, usa which has been under maintenance at Bordeaux since 19th February, positioned Bordeaux – Dubai this morning as EK2558.
Emirates today announced that their Dubai – Panama City Boeing 777-200LR service, initially intended to commence on 1st February and subsequently delayed until 31st March, will not now be going ahead.
Emirates A380 A6-EDL entered the Dubai maintenance facility this morning after arriving as EK48 from Frankfurt.
Following the earlier Boeing 777-300 technical issue at Chennai, Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EBC positioned Dubai – Chennai as EK2547 this morning in to operate the delayed EK543 Chennai – Dubai as EK543D.
Emirates Boeing 777-31H A6-EMQ arrived into Chennai this morning as EK542 from Dubai (depart Dubai February 1st), however it was unable to operate the return EK543 due to a technical issue. The aircraft was able to position Chennai – Dubai late at night as EK2663.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EBX entered the Dubai maintenance facility late tonight after arriving as EK587 from Dhaka.
Emirates A380 A6-EEQ, which has been under maintenance at Abu Dhabi since 17th February, positioned Abu Dhabi – Dubai this morning as EK2552.
Emirates commenced a new Dubai – Larnaca – Athens routing today with Boeing 777-31HER A6-EGD operating the inaugural EK107/EK108 service via this routing.
Emirates commenced non-stop service on the Dubai – Auckland route today with A380 A6-EON operating the inaugural EK448 service. The route will be operated by Boeing 777-200LR aircraft from tomorrow.
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ECH entered the Dubai maintenance facility in the early hours of this morning after arriving as EK773 from Cape Town.