Emirates to Launch Direct Dubai to Newark Service

Emirates is launching a new non-stop service from Dubai to Newark Liberty International airport from 1st June 2018. The airline already operates a service to Newark with a stopover in Athens, Greece, but this will be the first direct link for the airline.  

The new non-stop service will be operated by an Emirates Boeing 777-300ER, offering 8 suites in First Class, 42 seats in Business, 306 in Economy Class. Flight EK223 will depart Dubai at 0300am and arrive in Newark at 0900am. The return flight EK224 departs Newark at 1150am, arriving in Dubai at 0820am the next day. 

Emirates has timed this flight to compliment its existing service, providing travellers with a new option of a morning arrival in Newark, and a morning departure. The morning arrival in Dubai also means east-bound travellers can conveniently explore New York on a stopover day tour, before taking an evening connection to another destination on Emirates’ global network.

Emirates’ non-stop service to Newark will offer travellers in New Jersey enhanced global connectivity, particularly those heading to Africa, the Far East, and the Indian sub-continent. The airline is expecting the route to be popular with ethnic communities, particularly the nearly 700,000 Indian Americans residing in the greater New York area, who will have one-stop access to nine Indian cities on Emirates’ global network. 

The carrier has also announced it will be reducing services between New York JFK and Dubai to three daily flights. From 25 March, Emirates will stop operating flight EK207/208, retaining two non-stop flights a day to Dubai, and one flight a day via Milan, Italy.

In addition, from 25 March, Emirates will add two flights a week each to Fort Lauderdale (FLL), and Orlando (MCO), effectively returning to daily services at both airports and reflecting the steady rebound in customer demand.