Emirates to Fly Boeing 777-200ER to Abuja

Only two months after launching operations to Abuja, Emirates has decided to change the route’s operating aircraft to a Boeing 777-200ER from 1 October 2014.

Emirates launched a daily service to Abuja - its second Nigerian gateway and 22nd passenger destination in Africa - on 1 August utilizing 267-seat Airbus A340-300 aircraft.

The new aircraft will continue to operate daily to Nigeria’s capital and offer 274 seats in a three-cabin layout.

“The upgrade of our Abuja service to a Boeing 777 demonstrates our commitment to Nigeria market and another step to ensure we offer world class products to our customers in Nigeria. Since its launch on 1 August 2014 Emirates boosted international tourism and trade in Abuja from a raft of destinations in the Far East, West Asia, Middle East, Europe and North America,” said Adil Al Ghaith, Emirates' Senior Vice President Commercial Operations, Northern and Western Africa.

A testament to the growing importance of Nigeria as a key Emirates market, the airline currently operates twice daily to Lagos and daily to Abuja, giving a total of nearly 14,000 seats per week.

On-board, customers will enjoy specially created regional menus and a wide range of movies, TV programmes, games and music through ice, Emirates' inflight entertainment system, while being served by Emirates’ multilingual cabin crew from over 160 countries around the world.

Emirates flight EK785 departs Dubai daily at 10:50 and arrives in Abuja at 15:10. The return flight, EK 786 departs Abuja at 19:35 and arrives in Dubai at 05:50 the next morning.