Emirates celebrates new Daily Flights to Brisbane from Singapore with Competition

To celebrate its new daily service to Brisbane, Emirates Airline is offering travellers from Singapore two free holiday packages to the state capital of Queensland.

By logging on to the Emirates website at www.emirates.com/sg, one can stand a chance to win two Business Class tickets to Brisbane, including accommodation and tours that take in a host of exciting activities.

The new daily service from Singapore to Brisbane starts on October 26.

Brisbane is the airline's fourth destination in Australia after Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. Currently, Emirates flies daily to Sydney and Melbourne, from Dubai via Singapore. Emirates also flies daily to Perth non-stop from Dubai.

Initially, the Brisbane flights will be operated with an Airbus A330-200 in three-class configuration, offering 18 seats in First Class, 42 seats in Business Class and 183 seats in Economy Class.

From December 1, a Boeing 777-300 will be operated on the route, which will increase the number of available Economy seats to 320, with the same number of First and Business class seats. Thus, an additional 2,660 Emirates seats per week will be available into Brisbane. The Boeing 777-300 can also carry 23 tonnes of cargo.

Flight EK430 departs Dubai daily at 08:25; arrives Singapore at 19:50; departs Singapore at 21:00 and arrives Brisbane at 06:25 the following day. The flight carries on to Auckland, departing Brisbane at 07:50 and arriving Auckland at 13:55. All times are local.

The return flight EK431 departs Auckland daily at 18:25; arrives Brisbane at 18:55; departs Brisbane at 20:05; arrives Singapore at 02:00 the following day; departs Singapore at 03:15 and arrives Dubai at 06:40.

“Australia is a wildly popular destination for holiday-makers, students, working professionals and many others,” said Mr Stephen Chu, Emirates’ Area Manager for Singapore and Brunei. “We look forward to increasing leisure travel to another top Australian destination, Brisbane, which is already a favourite with Singaporeans. With the new flight service, we hope to provide a means for visitors to explore Queensland through the gateway of Brisbane.”

The new service will provide a 33 per cent increase in the number flights per week into Brisbane. It will also increase by 18 per cent the number of seats per week on the competitive Singapore-Brisbane route.