Dubai - Emirates announced on Wednesday that it plans to launch a second daily service from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) from July 1 2016.
This is to serve the growing customer demand for travel between Dubai and the western US, as well as for passengers connecting to Emirates’ global network of onwards destinations.
“Our existing service provides $677m in annual economic benefit to LA and the surrounding area, contributes over $270m in annual spending by visitors, and helps to support nearly 6 000 US jobs,” said Hubert Frach, Emirates' divisional senior vice president, commercial operations, West. “So our additional service to LAX not only doubles our capacity to meet demand for our award winning service, but also increases our positive economic impact to the Los Angeles area.”
Los Angeles, California is the second largest city in the US. A major export from Los Angeles is fruits and vegetables and these account for the largest portion of Emirates’ cargo exports out of Los Angeles, transported both in the belly hold of the airline's wide body A380 aircraft as well as through two Emirates Boeing 777-200F freighters each week. The vast majority of these exports are transported to Dubai and Kuwait. Emirates also facilitates transport of garments, automobiles, machinery, and agricultural cargo to the Middle East, as well as medical equipment to Mumbai.
“Our new flight will create more choices and shorter connection times for many passengers travelling via Dubai and onwards to Los Angeles and surrounding areas,” said Frach. “Passengers wishing to travel beyond Los Angeles to nearby destinations in the US can take advantage of our partnerships with Virgin America and Alaska Airlines."