By: Hana Saada
ALGIERS– The airline Emirates, celebrates its tenth anniversary of activity in Algeria. The company launched its daily operations to Algiers in March 2013, on board an Airbus A330. Since the inaugural flight, the company has transported more than 1.1 million passengers between Dubai and Algiers.
Over the past decade, the world’s largest airline has operated nearly 4,753 return flights, totaling 24.1 million kilometer-miles between Algiers and Dubai. Algeria is an important market for Emirates in Africa and the airline is committed to supporting the recovery and growth of its tourism and trade industry. The airline plays an important role in boosting trade and increasing business opportunities by providing travelers and traders with essential connectivity between Algiers and important commercial hubs in the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia via Dubai.
The Emirates Group employs more than 250 Algerian nationals, including cabin crew, pilots and employees in other areas of the group’s business. Emirates offers Algerian cabin crew candidates exceptional career opportunities and the opportunity to gain world-class expertise at the company’s state-of-the-art training center in Dubai.
To mark the event, the airline is offering a 10% discount on economy class and business class fares across its entire network. The offer is valid for bookings made until March 15, 2023, for travel until September 30, 2023.
Over the past ten years, Emirates has connected Algerians to the world and provided them with a world-class onboard experience. Emirates is the only airline to serve Algeria with private and closed suites in first class. In addition to comfortable cabins and must-have products and services, passengers of all classes can enjoy an unparalleled dining experience in the air, with multi-course menus created by a team of award-winning chefs, complemented by a wide selection of premium drinks.
The menus offered on board are enriched with traditional and modern regional influences. On board, passengers can navigate Emirates’ award-winning ice entertainment system, with over 5,000 on-demand entertainment channels, over 1,700 movies and 1,500 hours of TV, live news , plus music, podcasts and audiobooks in 45 languages. With a wide range of content in Arabic and French languages, ice also offers up to 4000 Arabic and khaleeji songs.
Emirates SkyCargo offers a weekly cargo capacity of 280 tonnes to and from Algiers on its seven weekly passenger flights.
Since 2013, Emirates SkyCargo has transported around 43 million tonnes to and from Algiers, including perishables, dates, fruits and vegetables, while pharmaceuticals and spare parts, electronic devices remain the common goods in the import.
Emirates flight EK757 from Dubai to Algiers departs at 08:45 and arrives in Algiers at 12:55 local time. The return flight EK758 from Algiers departs at 3:45 p.m. and arrives in Dubai at 1:05 a.m. the next day.
