Celebrate our historical launch - daily non-stop service from Los Angeles to Dubai begins October 26th 2008, followed by daily non-stop service from San Francisco to Dubai beginning December 15th 2008.
LOS ANGELES
Emirates® will fly its brand new Boeing 777-200LR, offering eight luxurious private suites in First Class, 42 of its latest lie-flat seats in Business Class, and generous space for 216 passengers in Economy. Operating daily, the service will be the first non-stop operation connecting Dubai, the Gateway to Arabia and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the Gateway to Hollywood.
The new flight runs a distance of 8,339 miles, clocking 16 hours 35 minutes journey time to California, while the shorter return flight will be at just under 16 hours.
| Flight | Days | Depart Los Angeles (LAX) | Arrive Dubai (DXB) |
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| EK 216 | Daily | 4:45pm | 7:40pm |
| Flight | Days | Depart Dubai (DXB) | Arrive Los Angeles (LAX) |
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| EK 215 | Daily | 8:20am | 1:55pm |
SAN FRANCISCO
Emirates® will fly its brand new Boeing 777-200LR, offering eight luxurious private suites in First Class, 42 of its latest lie-flat seats in Business Class, and generous space for 216 passengers in Economy.
| Flight | Days | Depart San Francisco (SFO) | Arrives Dubai (DXB) |
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| EK 226 | Daily | 3:45pm | 7:25pm |
| Flight | Days | Depart Dubai (DXB) | Arrives San Francisco (SFO) |
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| EK 225 | Daily | 8:45am | 1:00pm |
The distance between the two cities is 8,103 miles, which is a 15 hour 40 minute journey from San Francisco. The return flight from Dubai will be about 16 hours.
The new service will operate out of the International Terminal at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), one of the world’s 30 busiest airports.
Emirates® passengers on both San Francisco and Los Angeles routes can enjoy an array of cutting edge product offerings such as the airline’s award-winning ice Digital Widescreen product (information, communication, entertainment) which offers over 1,000 channels of entertainment in all classes and nearly 1,700 hours of video and audio entertainment, outstanding service from Emirates®’ international cabin crew, recruited from over 100 countries around the world, and meals prepared by gourmet chefs.
San Francisco augments the airline’s American expansion, which now includes two gateways in California, the U.S. southwest with Houston, and the eastern seaboard with two daily services from New York’s JFK International Airport.
Emirates®’ global route network spans over 100 cities in 62 countries across the Middle East, Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, Europe, the Far East, and North America. For flight information and bookings, visit: www.emirates.com/us.