21st May, 2008 – Emirates today flew its 100,000th passenger on its service between Newcastle and Dubai.
The 100,000th traveller on the service was Michael Reay, a Director of North East firm Equine Products UK Ltd, which manufactures food supplements and health care products for horses. Mr Reay, who is originally from Hexham, uses the Emirates’ service to travel between the company’s Newcastle headquarters and the Middle East which is a major sales territory. He also uses Emirates’ global network to travel on from the Middle East to other sales regions such as South America.
Reay says: “Before the arrival of the Emirates service, I had the hassle of taking connecting flights via Heathrow or Paris. Now, I can travel direct from the North East to the Middle East and beyond, and I’ve already flown over 100,000 miles with Emirates since the service started.”
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As the 100,000th passenger, he was presented with a special gift from Emirates of two Economy Class return tickets from Newcastle to Dubai, when checking in for his flight at Newcastle International Airport today.
Laurie Berryman, Emirates’ Manager UK North, says: “We are thrilled to be reaching this milestone in our Newcastle service so quickly, and several weeks ahead of what we had forecast. The demand for Emirates’ service from Newcastle has exceeded our expectations, and travellers from the region are clearly taking advantage of our network to fly to Dubai and beyond.”
The daily service non-stop to Dubai, which was inaugurated just eight months ago on September 1st, 2007, offers passengers onward connections to a network that spans 99 destinations across six continents. Destinations that have proved popular with North East travellers using the service include Bangkok, Sydney, Perth and the Maldives, along with Dubai itself.
The daily non-stop service from Newcastle is operated by Airbus A330-200 aircraft, with a choice of 27 Business Class and 251 Economy Class seats. The aircraft also carries up to 13 tonnes of cargo. It departs Newcastle at 1.40pm, arriving in Dubai at 12.05am the following day. The return flight departs from Dubai at 7.20am, arriving into Newcastle at 12.10pm. (All times local)
For more information, visit www.emirates.com/uk
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About Emirates
Emirates operates 98 non-stop flights per week from the UK to Dubai. In addition to its daily flight from Newcastle, it operates five services a day from London Heathrow, three daily from London Gatwick, two per day from Manchester and Birmingham, and a daily service from Glasgow.
Emirates currently flies to 99 cities in 62 countries across six continents. The Emirates network is continuing to expand and in addition to services to Cape Town which commenced in March, flights to Durban, Guangzhou, Calicut, Los Angeles and San Francisco will start later this year.
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