Mega upgrade: Emirates announces 9 destinations for new A350 aircraft

Emirates, the UAE’s national carrier, announced the first set of destinations to be served by its A350 aircraft entering service in September 2024.

Announcing the new additions at the ongoing Arabian Travel Market 2024, Emirates revealed that 10 new A350s are expected to join the airline’s fleet by March 2025 and the airline plans to deploy its latest aircraft type to 9 destinations in the coming months.

These new A350 aircraft will offer three cabin classes, with 32 Business Class seats, 21 seats in Premium Economy, and 259 generously pitched Economy Class seats.

All of these aircraft are earmarked to serve short to medium haul cities on the Emirates network, with Bahrain as its inaugural destination, said the airline during the announcement made at the Arabian Travel Market 2024.

The first destinations to be served by our A350 aircraft have just been announced at @ATMDubai, beginning with Bahrain in September. https://t.co/kWpRq9hdE6 pic.twitter.com/a6aIXnoexr

— Emirates (@emirates) May 6, 2024

As the first Emirates A350s begin entering the fleet, the airline will offer customers more opportunities to experience its Premium Economy product and sample its next generation Business Class cabins for the first time, particularly on short and medium haul routes in the Middle East and GCC, West Asia and Europe.

Adnan Kazim, deputy president and CCO, Emirates Airline said, “The A350 will be a game-changer for Emirates, enabling us to serve regional points with superior operating efficiency and flexibility across the Middle East and GCC, West Asia and Europe. With the latest generation cabin products including more of our sought-after Premium Economy to more cities, top-notch in-flight entertainment technologies and an abundance of other customer-friendly features, the Emirates A350 builds on our long-standing commitment of investing in the very best customer experience in the sky.

“Flying the A350 to 9 cities in such a short span of time adds more premium cabin options and choice across geographies for our customers, and ensures we maintain our competitive edge and industry leading position.”

In the GCC

Emirates will operate its first A350 to Bahrain on the daily EK839/840 service from 15 September. Frequency of A350 services will progressively increase to cover two Bahrain services with the second service starting on 1 November.

The first Emirates A350 will land in Kuwait on the daily EK853/854 service on 16 September.

Muscat’s daily EK866/867 will be served by the A350 from 1 December.

In South Asia

The Emirates A350 will be deployed on EK502/503 to Mumbai from 27 October.

Ahmedabad’s daily EK538/539 will be served by the A350 from 27 October.

Colombo’s fourth daily service EK654/655 will be served by the A350 from 01 January 2025.

In Europe

Lyon will be served daily with the Emirates A350 from December 2024.

Bologna will be served by the A350 from December.

Edinburgh will rejoin the Emirates network from November, operated by the A350.

Emirates will announce more destinations in the coming months as new aircraft join its fleet. The airline has 65 A350-900s on order, and are expected to enter service in the coming years.