Emirates to fly twice daily to Milan starting Jan. 1

Dubai: Emirates is again demonstrating it's a cut above the rest by announcing it will double up on flights to the Italian fashion centre of Milan.

From January 1st next year, the airline will fly twice daily from Dubai to Milan's Malpensa International Airport, weaving yet more services into its European network.

The new flight EK 091 departs Dubai at 4 pm and arrives in Milan at 7:40 pm, supplementing the earlier EK 093, which leaves Dubai at 9:05 am and arrives in Milan at 12:45 pm.

Emirates has been flying to Milan since 2000, and in addition to Dubai, most passengers travel there from cities including Manila, Colombo, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Johannesburg and Bombay.

Passengers travelling in the other direction mostly head for Dubai, Colombo, the Maldives, Mauritius, Dhaka, Bangkok and the Seychelles. The extra frequency and improved connections in Dubai will ease travel to Africa, China and Australasia.

The route is supported by a combination of three-class configuration Airbus A330-200 and Boeing 777 aircraft, the latest of which carry the industry leading ice entertainment system.

Designer fashion goods, cars and car parts are among the items carried by SkyCargo out of Milan, much of which go to the Middle East, Far East and Australia.

Inbound consignments include mainstream fashion garments, fruits, vegetables and fresh fish with key source markets being the Subcontinent and the Far East.

With the second flight to the strongest Italian freight market destination, overall SkyCargo capacity will leap to nearly 600 tonnes, including the weekly Boeing 747 Freighter service. Milan is also a major financial, business and design centre.