Dubai: Emirates yesterday said it will double its services to Beijing from May 1, four months prior to celebrating the anniversary of its first flight to the city last year.
Initially the airline will increase its services from the current daily to 12 flights every week, and from July, the busy Dubai-Beijing route will feature a double-daily non-stop service.
Emirates has built strong bridges between these two cities - Beijing, the political and cultural capital of China, and Dubai, which is perfectly positioned as the gateway to the east and west, as well as to the north and south of the equator.
Tim Clark, President of Emirates, said: "China is the new economic powerhouse and the world is beating a path to its capital Beijing. Since the launch of our Dubai-Beijing route last September, we have experienced strong demand from countries on our network and consistently high seat load factors. We are in the business of creating convenient global air networks for our customers - both passengers and cargo - and the upcoming Olympic Games in 2008 will increase the tempo of demand for our services to Beijing."
"Our second daily to the city is win-win for customers, stakeholders and our business, which is the reason we earmarked the city for double dailies so soon after our launch."

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Exports of Portuguese wines to Great China rose around 20 percent in 2006 to 1.7 million liters.

27-03-2007 |  115 Hit(s) | (0 vote)

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07-02-2007 |  103 Hit(s) | (0 vote)

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