Emirates Airline Heads North to St Petersburg

Posted 07/06/2011

United Arab Emirates (UAE) operator Emirates Airline is to inaugurate flights to the Russian city of St Petersburg from its Dubai International Airport base from November 1; the most northerly destination in its entire network.  The carrier will offer a daily service using a combination of three-class Airbus A330-200s and A340-300s.

Emirates already offers two flight per day to Moscow, a route it launched in 2003.  “We see great potential in Russia and the success of our Moscow flights has demonstrated that there is still demand from this market,” said Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive, Emirates Airline and Group.  “We have been considering launching a non-stop service to St Petersburg for some time and we believe that the conditions are now right to do so.  This is a city which attracts many tourists and cruise visitors every year because of its grand architecture, arts and culture and fascinating history.”

More analysis of this route announcement will be included in this week’s The HUB, available from Friday 10th June.

Schedule:

EK137 DXB1035 – 1615LED 343 x1
EK137 DXB1035 – 1615LED 332 1
EK138 LED1745 – 0035+1DXB 343 x1
EK138 LED1745 – 0035+1DXB 332 1

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