Emirates Airline is providing the only daily, non-stop passenger service to Dubai from Prague,Czech Republic
Travellers from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, India, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Malaysia, Singapore, China, South Korea - and as far a field as Australia - were amongst those on board the 1st July inaugural.
Emirates already carries travellers from the Czech Republic on its flights out of Vienna, Frankfurt and Munich. The new direct service, bringing more convenience and reduced travelling times to passengers, will be served by an Airbus A330-200 aircraft, offering 27 seats in Business Class and 251 in Economy.
EK 140 leaves Prague at 16:20hrs and gets into Dubai at 00:10hrs the following day. EK 139 leaves Dubai at 10:30hrs and lands in Prague at 14:50hrs.
The airline is currently setting up offices in Prague and establishing teams in sales, finance, airport support and cargo. In all, more than 20 Czechs nationals are being employed. This will take the number of Czechs employed by the Emirates Group to over 100, which includes more than 60 cabin crew, based in Dubai, where they enjoy a tax free salary and a sunny climate all year round.
“The Emirates' flight is the first scheduled all-year-round non-stop service to Dubai. It will enable Czechs to travel directly to the Middle East for the first time, whilst also linking passengers to a range of destinations in the Eastern Hemisphere. Thanks to this unique network of connections, we are expecting a great deal of interest in flights to Dubai, more than 140,000 passengers during 2010,” said Miroslav Dvořák, CEO Prague Airport.
When passengers arrive in Dubai, they will experience Emirates' world leading passenger facility, Terminal 3. Exclusively for the use of the airline's passengers, T3 is light, airy and has taken air travel to a new level of comfort and convenience.
In 1993, trade between the Czech Republic and the UAE stood at just under USD 26 million. In 2008, that figure had shot up to 678 million, according to figures from the Czech Foreign Ministry. A number of Czech companies have offices in the UAE.
Nearly 30% of exports to the UAE are glass products including the Czech produced and world-renowned Bohemian glass.
Trade between the Czech Republic and the UAE has leapt from under USD 26 million (AED 95 million) in 1993 to USD 678 million (AED 2.4 billion) in 2008, according to the Czech Foreign Ministry. Nearly 30% of exports to the UAE are glass products including Czech-made Bohemian glass.
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