Paris Gets Emirates A380
Emirates will replace B777 capacity with an A380 to Paris from February 1 2010.
The airline flies twice daily to the French capital. The aircraft will replace the early PM arrival from Dubai.
Tim Clark, President of Emirates Airline said, “This is really great news for us to bring the A380 to Paris and is a result of such encouraging sales in and out of Paris Charles de Gaulle. Our plans to introduce this exceptional aircraft have been accelerated by almost a year which, in the current economic climate, is a major achievement."
Currently, Emirates operates five A380s to Toronto, London Heathrow, Bangkok, Sydney and Auckland. A further 53 aircraft are on order.
In related news, Aero Cargo International, part of European Cargo Services, has won a GSA contract in France to market Qantas destinations to Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific islands of Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Vanuata.
Aero Cargo will sell cargo capacity on Qantas’ daily Boeing 747-400 passenger flights from Frankfurt, Germany, and its twice-weekly B747 freighter operations ex Liege and Frankfurt, which operate via Singapore.
Adrien Thominet, Director of Aero Cargo said, “Qantas serves many markets that we see as being more robust and less affected by the general downturn in the market. The airline recognises France as an important market and sees Aero Cargo as the ideal partner to improve sales and grow its market share. We are confident that the sales action plan we have proposed will achieve this.”
