The airline Emirates has announced adjustments to its operational schedule at Newcastle Airport to offer passengers 'improved connectivity and better travel options'.

Starting from October 30, the airline will be returning to its pre-pandemic flight schedule, with Emirates flight EK36 departing Newcastle at 1pm, arriving in Dubai at 00.15am local time the following day.

The return flight, EK35 will depart Dubai at 7.25am, arriving in Newcastle at 11.20am.

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This news comes a month after Emirates scaled up its operations at Newcastle with the introduction of a fifth weekly flight.

Emirates’ flights will continue to depart from Newcastle on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Newcastle continues to be served by Emirates’ wide-body Boeing 777 aircraft, fitted in a two-class configuration split between Business and Economy.

By October, Emirates will serve the UK with 110 weekly flights across seven UK hubs including Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle and Glasgow.

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Richard Jewsbury, Divisional Vice President, Emirates UK, said: “As more international destinations have relaxed travel restrictions and opened up, demand has continued to rise, and we’re delighted to offer better connectivity to our customers with this schedule.

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"Newcastle is a vital hub for us in the UK and our operations from the airport connect both passengers and businesses in the North East with our ever-growing global network.”

Spokesperson from Newcastle Airport said: “We are pleased to welcome the new Emirates flight schedule to Newcastle International Airport, which will enable passengers flying from Newcastle to conveniently connect to destinations across the globe including Australia, Thailand and the Maldives.”

For more information, visit emirates.com. 

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