Emirates supports trade with new Dubai-Bali-Auckland service

June 19, 2018: In a latest move, Emirates has launched a new daily service from Dubai to Auckland via Bali. The airline will deploy a Boeing 777-300ER on the route, offering eight seats in First, 42 seats in Business and 304 seats in Economy class.

The airlines’ new Dubai-Bali-Auckland flight provides the only year-round non-stop daily service between Auckland and Bali, giving passengers an opportunity to visit and/or stop over in one of the most popular islands in Indonesia. The new service will also be the first Emirates Bali flight to offer passengers the airline’s First Class product.

With this new service, it not only supports tourism but trade as well by offering 20 tonnes of belly-hold cargo capacity. According to recent statistics, it is estimated that the total two-way trade between New Zealand and Indonesia exceeds NZ$1.5 billion. The flight will provide opportunity for Indonesian exports, imports and transhipments through Denpasar as well as exports from New Zealand including cut flowers, fresh produce and chilled foods including fish.

Sir Tim Clark, president, Emirates Airline said: “We are very pleased to see the interest this new route has created since it was announced in mid-February, reflected in strong bookings from Auckland to Bali and beyond, as well as southbound from our global network. Markets such as the UK, Europe and the Middle East have all responded keenly to the new option provided by us opening up this route. Bali and Auckland are both desirable destinations in the eyes of our customers.”

The new service offers global travellers a total of three daily services to New Zealand, complementing Emirates’ existing non-stop daily A380 service between Dubai and Auckland and its current daily A380 service between Dubai and Christchurch via Sydney. Travellers will now also enjoy a choice of three daily services between Dubai to Bali in the summer (northern hemisphere), as the new flight adds to Emirates’ two existing daily services which are currently operated by a Boeing 777-300ER in a two-class configuration.

The Dubai-based airline has been operating to Auckland since mid-2003.