Touted as the world’s largest international airline, Emirates received its first Airbus A350-900 in November last year. It launched A350 services to Bahrain and Kuwait in January this year. Now, the Dubai-based carrier has confirmed the name of seven more destinations where the newly inducted A350s will ferry passengers.
Starting June 1, 2025, Emirates will operate six weekly flights, all days except Tuesday (EK 747/748), using an Airbus A350 between its home hub and Tunis. From the same day, the same aircraft type will also begin flying passengers daily on the Dubai-Amman route (flights EK 905/906). Precisely a month later (July 1, 2025), a daily A350 service will be launched for Istanbul (EK 117/118). Another service featuring the same aircraft type will launch on July 1: Dubai-Dammam aboard EK 827/828.
August 1, 2025, will introduce a new route for Emirates’ A350 fleet. A daily service (EK 364/365) between Dubai and Ho Chi Minh City will start. A couple of days later, an A350 will be deployed to fly passengers to and from Baghdad three times a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Sundays, on EK 941/942. Rounding off the count will be the A350 debut in Oslo when Emirates launches daily flights (EK 159/160) on September 1 this year.
That’s not all, as the airline plans to add more A350 services to Bahrain and Kuwait. Flights to Bahrain will become a nearly all A350 affair with the introduction of a third daily service on EK 835/836 from June 1, 2025. On the other hand, a second A350 will commence daily flights to Kuwait (EK 857/858) as of October 1, 2025. Lastly, Emirates will deploy the same aircraft type en route to Bologna on June 1 this year. That’s a month ahead of the original schedule.
The aircraft can seat 312 passengers. Its cabin is divided into three sections: Business Class, with 32 lie-flat seats, Premium Economy, with 21 seats, and Economy, with 259 seats, in a 1-2-1 layout.
As more new aircraft join the fleet, Emirates will announce additional A350 destinations, including long-haul routes, in the coming months.
