EK to Toronto
 

News on Emirates Staff site Toronto starts 3 times a week in October in 777 300ER:)

Oh! Wonderful!

Just what we need: another 14 hours BOM...:bored:

Makes us Canucks happppy:) Finally a way to get home that dosen't involve London or multiple enroute connections/stops.

now, emirates, announces 3X weekly service conecting the center of the universe with . . . well, uh, another superfishal place? tor-haunt-hoe and do-buy.

keep discovering

yeah tbaylx - if you live in Toronto... Else you'll STILL need to go via London or multiple enroute connections/stops:}:}

Emirates Takes Off For Toronto
 

DUBAI, U.A.E., 5th June 2007 – Emirates, one of the world’s most successful and fastest-growing international airlines, has announced its plans to start services to Toronto, a first gateway for the airline in Canada starting 29th October 2007. The international service is subject to government approval.

The non-stop service between Dubai and Toronto is planned to operate three times a week. Emirates will fly its Boeing 777-300ER on the route, offering 354 seats in a three-class configuration with six tonnes of cargo capacity from Dubai to Toronto and 12 tonnes from Toronto to Dubai.

HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive, Emirates Airline and Group said: “Responding to market demand, the new route will provide a first direct link between Canada’s largest city and Dubai, providing also convenient, ongoing access to the Middle East, Africa and theSouth Asian Subcontinent. We anticipate this route will be very popular, connecting Canada to our global network of soon to be over 90 cities worldwide.”

“This year marks a substantial investment in expanded services in North America, and with enhancements to our 777-300ER, we certainly look forward to launching operations in Toronto in October.”

The planned new route will provide travellers with access to all major Canadian centres with excellent connections available through Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. Identified as the country’s financial centre as well as for its world-class restaurants, cultural venues, trade exhibitions and hundreds of festivals each year, Toronto offers business and leisure travellers a host of reasons to fly the northern skies.

The Dubai-Toronto non-stop service will take 14 hours and 20 minutes and a return journey of just over 13 hours.

Making comfort a top concern on the long-haul journey, the aircraft will be fitted with eight luxurious private suites in First class, 42 of its latest lie-flat seats in Business class, and a comfortable Economy-class cabin for 304 passengers.

Passengers in all classes will enjoy the award-winning service from Emirates' international cabin crew recruited from over 100 countries around the world; meals prepared by gourmet chefs; as well as the airline's cutting-edge ‘ice’ (information, communication, entertainment) system, which offers a selection of over 600 channels of entertainment on demand and the ability to send and receive email and text messages from their personal in-seat entertainment systems.

Pending government approval, Toronto will be one of five new Emirates destinations in 2007. Earlier this year, Emirates announced plans to start services to Venice in July, Newcastle in September, Sao Paulo in October and Houston in December. Emirates' global route network currently spans 87 cities in 60 countries across Africa, Europe, the Far East, Indian Subcontinent, and North America. For flight information and bookings, visit: www.emirates.com.

Flight timings for Emirates' Dubai-Toronto service (starting 29thOctober 2007)

EK241 Departs Dubai (DXB) at 08:35 hrs Monday, Wednesday, Friday
and arrives in Toronto (YYZ) at 14:55hrs
EK242 Departs Toronto at 21:40 hrs Monday, Wednesday, Friday
and arrives in Dubai at 18:55 hrs the next day

*All times indicated are local

oh c'mon. I'm no fan of Toronto but you can get from there to just about anywhere else. Rather fly one flight on a WestJet buddy pass than two zed fares from New York or London. Where are you trying to get in Canada? I somehow don't think Dubai-Regina will be starting anytime soon.

:E

Wonder if EK is interested in YUL???

This is announced hot on the heels of Etihad starting a route there this summer isn't it?... Or has it already started?

Etihad has been flying to Toronto for a long time now, but via Brussels, and they have just announced that they will now fly to Brussels and Toronto independant of each other now.

Etihad started flying to Toronto direct from Abu Dhabi on June 1st.

Hi!

How about Dubai-Edson and Dubai-Hanna?

cliff
KYIP

PS-YYZ was recently voted the most international city by the UN. It is a great city. Oh, I have to admit I'm biased-my personal CEO is from there.