Emirates Gives Boost To Air Travel

Emirates started its service to Ghana in January 2004 with three flights a week.

In March 2005, Emirates increased its services in Accra to six flights per week.

Today, Emirates operates daily flights to Ghana utilizing a Boeing 777 with eight seats in First Class, 42 in Business and 310 in Economy.

Hendrik Du Preez, Country Manager of Emirates, disclosing this at a corporate workshop presentation Tuesday in Accra, said Emirates delivers a lot of services aboard its model carrier, Airbus A380.

There is an on-board shower,  spa for first class passengers, on-board lounge for first & business class passengers, over 1,200 channels of on-demand entertainment, seatback SMS as well as an e-mail/WiFi service.

He said Emirates employs over 12,000 cabin crew of more than 160 nationalities, who speak over 70 different languages.

Emirates has more than 130 Ghanaian nationals in a variety of roles across the Emirates Group, including 75 cabin crew.

 
Dubai stopover programme
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