High value goods, Temp sensitive products trade to benefit from Emirates daily service to Newark via Athens

<p style="text-align: justify;">Jan 31, 2017: Emirates will launch a new daily service from Dubai to Newark Liberty International Airport, via the Greek capital city of Athens, starting on <span data-term="goog_679947961">March 12, 2017</span>.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The new route complements Emirates’ existing four daily flights between Dubai and New York’s <a title="JFK airport" href="http://www.panynj.gov/airports/jfk.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">JFK […]

High value goods, Temp sensitive products trade to benefit from Emirates daily service to Newark via Athens
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Jan 31, 2017: Emirates will launch a new daily service from Dubai to Newark Liberty International Airport, via the Greek capital city of Athens, starting on March 12, 2017.


The new route complements Emirates’ existing four daily flights between Dubai and New York’s JFK airport, by offering global travellers with another convenient access point to the popular New York Metropolitan area.


Emirates’ new Dubai-Athens-Newark flight will also provide a year-round non-stop daily service between the United States and Greece – a service that does not exist today and has not existed since 2012. The airline will operate a wide-body Boeing 777-300ER on the route, offering 8 seats in First, 42 seats in Business and 304 seats in Economy class, as well as 19 tonnes of belly-hold cargo capacity.


Sir Tim Clark, president of Emirates Airline, said, “The Greek Government and Athens International Airport approached Emirates some time ago to consider serving the route between Athens and New York. After careful review, Emirates concluded that extending one of our Dubai-Athens flights to Newark would be commercially and operationally feasible.”


Sir Tim, added, “The availability of high quality, daily international air services is essential for the development of business and cultural ties. Trade, especially in high-value and time-sensitive products, will be facilitated by the ample cargo capacity on Emirates’ Boeing 777 aircraft. We also expect tourism to receive a major boost from the availability of daily flights year-round.”


Endy Zemenides, executive director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council, said, “The Greek-American community has long been anticipating the reestablishment of year round direct travel between Greece and the United States. Greece's economic comeback is going to have to include year round tourism and easier business travel.”


The United States and Greece have long maintained close economic relations as well as a strong national security alliance. For decades, the United States has advocated policies that promote and foster economic growth and further opportunities for US investment in Greece. The United States is also home to the largest overseas Greek community in the world, numbering approximately 1.3 million, and the New York City metropolitan area has the largest community of Greek Americans in the country.


In addition to serving the large Greek-American population in the New York City metropolitan area, the availability of one-stop same-plane service to Dubai will offer a convenient alternative to travellers headed towards the Middle East, West Asia, and Africa.

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