Emirates to resume A380 service between Dubai and Narita

Emirates will resume its flagship A380 service between Dubai and Narita in Japan from March 26. This follows the airline’s recent A380 deployment to Moscow, and will take place after the upcoming launch of A380 services to Johannesburg. It will also coincide with the launch of A380 services between Dubai and Casablanca.
Narita will join more than 40 destinations on Emirates’ extensive global network served by its A380 aircraft, including Paris, Rome, Milan, Madrid, London and Mauritius. The flying time from Dubai to Narita is 11 hours.
Emirates currently operates a three-class Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on its daily flights between Narita and Dubai. The resumption of Emirates’ A380 service to Narita makes it possible for Japanese travellers to fly only on A380s to their final destinations, particularly when travelling to European cities, via Dubai.
Emirates will deploy its three-class A380 on the Narita route, offering a total of 489 seats, with 14 private suites in First Class, 76 mini pods with lie-flat seats in Business Class and 399 seats in Economy Class, increasing capacity per flight by more than 135 passengers compared to the current Boeing 777-300ER.
Flight EK318 will depart Dubai at 2.40am and arrive in Narita at 5.35pm daily. Return flight EK319 will depart Narita on Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 10pm and arrive in Dubai at 4.15am the next day, while on Tuesday and Wednesday, it will depart Narita at 9.20pm and arrive in Dubai at 3.35am the next day. All times are local.
Emirates was named the World’s Best Airline 2016 and the airline with the World’s Best Inflight Entertainment at the prestigious Skytrax World Airline Awards.
The double-decker A380 is the world’s largest commercial aircraft in service.  Emirates is the world’s largest operator of A380s, with 89 currently in its fleet and a further 53 on order. The reinstatement of A380 services to Narita, the only Emirates A380 destination in Japan, will connect Japanese travellers to Dubai and onwards to more than 150 destinations around the globe.