EMIRATES GOES DOUBLE DAILY THROUGH AUCKLAND
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New Zealand was placed firmly in Emirates' history book today, when Auckland became one of only a few destinations on the airline's ever-growing network to welcome the Airbus A380 twice daily.
Since 2009, one of Emirates' four daily flights to and from New Zealand - the Auckland service via Sydney - has been flown by the A380. Now, a second A380 has become part of the New Zealand schedule, with the aircraft replacing a Boeing 777-300ER on the Auckland service via Melbourne.
On board the first A380 flight from Dubai, via Melbourne, into Auckland, as it arrived through a welcoming water cannon arch, was Salem Obaidalla, Emirates' commercial operations senior vice president for the Far East and Australasia. In command of the aircraft was Captain Thomas Ziarno, originally from Auckland.
Among the key guests at the reception marking the occasion were New Zealand's associate minister of transport, Simon Bridges, Auckland Airport company chairwoman Joan Withers and Emirates' vice president for Australasia, Barry Brown.
03/10/2012 : One News.
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