Emirates Launches Flights to South Australia

Boeing 777-300ER during Emirates' road show at Adelaide Airport in September.

Emirates has launched service between Dubai and Adelaide, Australia, opening new trade opportunities between the regions.

Emirates’ flight EK440 operates four times weekly, using a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, and frequency is slated to increase to daily starting Feb. 1, 2013.

Each flight will provide 14 tons of commercial cargo space, said Salem Obaidalla, Emirates’ senior vice president of commercial operations in the Far East and Australasia.

Emirates SkyCargo, the air freight division of Emirates, will move a mixture of commodities, including perishable goods, building supplies, machine parts, cosmetics and oils and resins.