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Emirates is strengthening its European links, announcing a big boost in its flight frequencies to Amsterdam not long after signing an innovative code-share agreement with Italy’s national railway company Trenitalia.

The Dubai-based airline will introduce five additional flights per week from Dubai to Amsterdam, a move it attributed to “strong market demand”.

The new frequencies will complement the Dubai-based airline’s existing double daily services. They will offer an earlier departure option from Amsterdam and enhance connectivity to Emirates’ destinations globally.

Four additional weekly services will start from 1 December 2018 and the fifth will be added from 1 January 2019, increasing frequency to Amsterdam to 19 weekly flights.

Outbound, flight EK145 will depart early morning from Dubai on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, arriving at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in time for breakfast, allowing customers to make the most of their day in the city.  Emirates says its new flight schedule is conveniently timed for passengers connecting from Emirates global route network to Amsterdam and will be popular for business travellers to the Netherlands from Sydney as well as for Dutch leisure travellers returning to Amsterdam from Bangkok, Bali, Mauritius, Maldives and Sri Lanka.

The return service, EK146, will depart Amsterdam on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday late morning time, arriving in the evening in Dubai. This service adds more convenience to those visiting Dubai, and offers enhanced connectivity to Phuket and Johannesburg.

The new service will be operated by an Emirates Boeing 777-300ER in a three class cabin configuration, with eight private suites in First Class, 42 lie-flat seats in Business Class and 310 spacious seats in Economy Class. This complements the two existing services between Dubai and Amsterdam, flights EK147/EK148 and EK149/EK150, operated by an Airbus A380. 

Just last week, Emirates and Trenitalia, Italy’s national railway company, announced a new codeshare agreement to let Emirates customers discover new destinations across Italy.

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With just one easy-to-book ticket, travellers will be able to fly on Emirates and reach some of Italy’s most picturesque cities and towns using high speed, modern and comfortable trains that leave from Emirates’ four Italian gateways – Bologna, Milan, Rome and Venice.

“This codeshare agreement with Trenitalia opens up new possibilities for our customers and complements our current services to Bologna, Milan, Rome and Venice,” said Hubert Frach, Emirates’ divisional senior vice president, commercial operations, west.

“With Trenitalia, travelling to the Far East from Foggia, or to Padova from Sydney has never been easier. Emirates already flies more than 1.6 million passengers to and from Italy every year. With this codeshare agreement, we’re connecting Italian regions to our global network, significantly boosting the Italian tourism industry.”

Gianpiero Strisciuglio, director of Trenitalia long haul passenger division, described the deal with Trenitalia as “a pivotal step towards the increase of effective and comfortable integration between train and airplane

By air and rail, Emirates strengthens Europe bonds

“Our customers will now be able to buy one single solution for their train and flight journey, departing and arriving from 27 Italian stations and enjoying the comforts and the best commercial facilities offered by Trenitalia and Emirates.”

Customers can now start booking their codeshare trips via Emirates’ website and travel onwards to these destination and benefit from the convenience of holding a single ticket. First Class and Business Class passengers will automatically be booked in First Class on board Trenitalia’s trains.

Edited by Peter Needham