Dubai: Emirates, the biggest Arab carrier, Sunday arrived in Tokyo with its inaugural non-stop flight.
On arrival in Japan, Emirates flight EK 318 was greeted at Narita Airport with water canon ceremony while the Emirates delegation, headed by Richard Vaughan, Divisional Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations Worldwide, was welcomed by Kosaburo Morinaka, President & CEO, Narita International Airport Corporation.
Japan was Emirates’ theme in its hospitality suites at this year’s Dubai World Cup, the world’s richest day of horse racing, which took place on Saturday at Meydan Racecourse.
Emirates, the Title Sponsor of the $10 million Dubai World Cup hosted its guests in suites specially decorated to celebrate the airline’s newest destination on its ever expanding network.
Richard Vaughan, Emirates’ Divisional Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations Worldwide, said: “It is wonderful to finally arrive at Narita International, as an airline we have always stated it was our intention to one day operate non-stop between Dubai and Tokyo and that day has now arrived.”
EK 318 departs Dubai at 03:15 hours and touches down at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport at 18:00 hours the same day, five times a week on Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The return flight EK 319 departs at 21:40 hours, touching down in Dubai at 04:35 hours the following day.
Morinaka said: “On behalf of Narita International Airport, we wholeheartedly welcome Emirates here on Sunday. We look forward to building on out partnership and offering a new gateway into Japan to our friends on the Emirates network.”
