Dubai-based airline Emirates has resumed flights to two South American destinations, Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires, previously suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Flight EK247, operated with a Boeing 777, was well received on its trip to Brazil and Argentina on Wednesday.
Rio de Janeiro’s RIOgaleão staged a water cannon salute to mark the airline’s return to the Brazilian city. At Ministro Pistarini International Airport in Ezeiza in Buenos Aires, flight EK247 encountered Argentine officials.
Emirates has restored more than 90% of its pre-pandemic network, with the resumption of services to Argentina, comprising more than 130 destinations including Dubai. The service to Argentina was first launched in 2012.
The four weekly flights from Dubai to Rio de Janeiro with onward service to Buenos Aires will operate as EK247/EK248.
EK247 departs from Dubai four times a week at 8:05 a.m. and lands in Rio de Janeiro at 3:25 p.m. After a layover of one hour and 45 minutes, the flight continues to Argentina at 5:10 p.m., landing in Buenos Aires at 8:40 p.m.
The return flight, EK248, departs Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires at 10:20 p.m. and arrives in Rio de Janeiro at 1:10 a.m. the next day, after which it departs at 2:55 a.m. to fly to Dubai with an arrival time scheduled for 11:35 p.m. .
The carrier will also resume daily operations on its Taipei-Dubai route from November 6.
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Meanwhile, the Emirates A380 landed at Bangalore’s Kempegowda International Airport on October 14, with scheduled A380 services between Dubai and Bangalore starting on October 30.
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