Emirates has added a new direct flight service to Melbourne, removing the current stopover in Kuala Lumpur.
Starting on October 30 this year, the nonstop service will, depart Dubai at 03:00hrs and arrive in Melbourne at 23:20hrs. The return flight will leave Melbourne at 06:00hrs and land in Dubai (DXB) at 13:05hrs
Emirates said the flight changes will save passengers approximately two and half hours in travel time in each direction when travelling between Dubai and Melbourne on these services. The airline added that it will also provide passengers with improved one-stop connectivity when travelling from more than 150 destinations on the Emirates network to Melbourne via Dubai.
Passengers travelling to Malaysia from October 30 will continue to be able travel to the country on Emirates’ three daily flights to Kuala Lumpur from Dubai.
Emirates said it is currently working with travel agents and tour operators regarding alternative travel plans for passengers booked for travel to Kuala Lumpur on the EK408 or EK409 services after 30 October 2016.
Emirates offers a total of four daily flights from Dubai to Melbourne with codeshare partner Qantas, including three services operated by an A380 aircraft and one flight on an Emirates B777-300ER. One of the flights, operated by Emirates, will be via Singapore.
Together, Emirates and Qantas operate 91 flights per week to Australia from Dubai.
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