Emirates announces 11 weekly flights from August over 10 years in Portugal
ONE Emirates currently has a daily flight from the Portuguese capital and, since its inaugural flight in 2012, more than 2.2 million passenger passengers have followed the Portuguese route.
According to David Quito, ‘Emirates’ country manager in Portugal, the country is a key market for the entire company’s operation, he said at the ceremony that took place today’ in Lisbon.
Starting in August, the UAE airline will have a total of 11 weekly flights to Dubai and back from Lisbon.
According to the administrator of ANAeroportos, Francisco Pita, in 2012, with the inauguration of the Dubai-Lisbon route, Emirates opened what was the first direct route from Lisbon to the Middle East, thus allowing connectivity, not only with Dubai, but with a wide range of countries in East Africa, Oceania and Asia.
For the president of Turismo de Portugal, Luís Araújo, “the close cooperation that Emirates has had with Turismo de Portugal since the beginning, has greatly contributed to the opening of new outbound markets to Portugal such as China, Japan, South Korea or India , between others”.
“It is based on news of the success with these markets and levels that he expects greater collaboration with Emirates in the search for these markets and levels that are already expecting the success of the search in these markets prior to Emirates in Portugal”, he stressed.
The ceremony probably took place today, at Humberto Delgado Airport, and was attended by Francisco Pita, from the Administration of ANA Aeroportos de Portugal, Filipe Silva, from the Administration of Tourism of Portugal, and David Quito, Emirates’ country manager in Portugal
According to the company, Lisbon is also an important cargo destination for the airline, so flights from the Emirates to Portugal help to facilitate trade and transport of goods, as well as significantly contributing to the growth of local business.
Last 10, Emirates SkyCargo, the air and air cargo division for airline, transport or cargo around 130,000 tons, including fashion apparel, footwear, electrical, as well as fast-time and high-value cargoes such as pharmaceuticals.
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