Emirates to launch A-380 Mumbai-Dubai flight from Jul 21

Gulf carrier Emirates today announced the launch of its A-380 operations between Mumbai and Dubai from July 21 adding a capacity of 2,127 seats per week in each direction.
It will be the second global carrier after Singapore Airlines (SIA) which was set to start its superjumbo flights from Delhi and Mumbai on May 30.
Emirates would launch daily services of the double-decker Airbus A-380 aircraft between Dubai and Mumbai, a spokesperson for the Gulf carrier said here.
Emirates, which currently has 48 A-380s in service, also announced plans to enhance the network of this aircraft to 28 destinations from the same day in July.

In addition, the Dubai-based carrier said it would deploy Boeing-777s to Delhi and Hyderabad to serve growing demand. Delhi would have 980 additional one-way weekly seats while Hyderabad would add 672 more seats.
A combined total of 3,779 one-way weekly seats would be deployed on Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad through these aircraft upgrades, the Emirates spokesperson said.

The Gulf carrier's decision followed the recent bilateral talks between governments of Dubai and India, which provided a phased increase of 11,000 seats for Dubai carriers.
The Emirates A-380 would accommodate 489 passengers -- 14 in private First Class suites, 76 in Business Class and 399 in Economy.

SIA had earlier this month announced the launch of its A-380 services from May 30, becoming the first airline to introduce daily superjumbo flights from Delhi and Mumbai.
Its A-380s can fly 471 passengers in a three-class configuration of first class, business and economy. It was the first airline in the world to operate the A-380 in October 2007 between Singapore and Sydney.