Emirates Launches Flights to Porto, Portugal

Emirates has launched four flights per week to Porto, its second destination in Portugal.

Emirates will operate the route with Boeing 777-200LR aircraft in a two class cabin configuration featuring Emirates’ newest Business Class and Economy Class seats and interiors.

The aircraft has 38 lie flat seats in Business Class in a 2-2-2 configuration and 264 seats in Economy Class.

The Porto flights will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, and depart Dubai as EK197 at 09:15, arriving in Porto at 14:30. The return flight, EK198, is timed to depart Porto at 17:35 and land in Dubai at 04:15 the following day.

Thierry Aucoc, Emirates’ Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations, Europe, Russian Federation and Latin America, said, “The allure of Porto, with its rich historic and cultural attractions, world famous Port wine production and location on the Douro River, has seen the city enjoy an increase in visitor numbers. Our new service will therefore contribute further to the economic growth of Porto and the wider northern region of Portugal.”

The airline’s freight division, Emirates SkyCargo, will offer up to 15 tons of cargo capacity per flight on the new Porto service.

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