Emirates is to increase its capacity to Southeast Asia with a daily service to Yangon in Myanmar and Hanoi in Vietnam, beginning from August 3.
The new service will expand the airline’s network in Southeast Asia to 12 cities (including Cebu and Clark in the Philippines which start on March 30) in seven countries.
“Emirates’ first air service to Myanmar supports the country’s Tourism Master Plan to target 7.5 million tourist arrivals by 2020 and for Hanoi, the service will provide additional options for Vietnamese to travel to Dubai and Emirates’ global network of destinations, while also making it easier for overseas Vietnamese and the growing number of tourists to travel to Vietnam,” said Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ divisional senior vice president, strategic planning, revenue optimisation & aeropolitical affairs.
A Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in a three-class configuration will be used on the route, Emirates said.
Yangon is Myanmar’s commercial capital and largest city with a population of 7.2 million. The city welcomed 1.1 million tourists in 2014, an increase of 25 per cent compared to the previous year.
Hanoi meanwhile is Vietnam’s second biggest city with a population of 7 million and will be Emirates’ second destination within the country following the launch of flights to Ho Chi Minh City in 2012.
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