Emirates has entered a new chapter by starting flights to Denmark and the land of famous story teller Hans Christian Andersen. The launch of a non-stop daily service to Copenhagen takes Emirates' own story into brand new territory as its first passenger service to Scandinavia.
Aboard the inaugural EK 151 from Dubai were Richard Vaughan, the airline's Divisional Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations World-wide; Salem Obaidalla, Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations, Europe and Russian Federation; Pradeep Kumar, Senior Vice President, Cargo Revenue Optimisation & Systems and Luc Delcomminette, Vice President, Arabian Adventures.
Their guests on the first flight included Claus Rubenius, founder of RUBENIUS; Jens Lund, Chairman of the Danish Business Council in Dubai; Lars Oestergaard Nielsen, Managing Director, Maersk Kanoo (UAE) and an international media group. "Copenhagen brings a new and exciting dimension to the Emirates' network," said Richard Vaughan, Emirates' Divisional Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations World-wide. "Emirates' passengers from Scandinavia no longer need to travel to Germany to join our flights. They can travel directly from the Danish capital all the way to the Far East and Australasia, via our ultra-modern hub in Dubai."
The Dubai-Copenhagen route, the airline's 114th destination, will be served by an A330-200 in a three-class configuration. Up to 17 tonnes of cargo can be carried in the belly-hold of each flight. "This new link opens up Scandinavia for Emirates on the cargo side too," said Pradeep Kumar, Emirates' Senior Vice President, Cargo Revenue Optimisation and Systems. "We have been sending in freighters to Gothenburg in Sweden since 2003, but this additional channel, feeding into our vast and efficient network, will be welcomed by importers and exporters by offering more frequencies and cargo capacity."
In the cargo hold going into Copenhagen today were garments, fruit and vegetables from the Indian subcontinent. On Emirates' first flight out of Denmark, pharmaceuticals are being exported to Australia and the Middle East, along with seafood bound for the Far East.-PR