Following its successful launch in July 2012, Emirates has announced it will commence a daily A380 service to Barcelona from 1st February 2014.
Increasing overall capacity by almost 44%, Emirates’ new 517 seat A380 service will be the first permanent A380 service to operate into Barcelona El Prat Airport, replacing the route’s existing Boeing 777-300ER service and offering 2,198 additional seats per week between the two cities. The 517-seat Emirates A380 offers 14 Private First Class Suites, 76 lie-flat beds in Business Class and 427 spacious seats in Economy Class.
In February this year Emirates’ popular A380 aircraft was welcomed into Barcelona El Prat Airport by hundreds of onlookers as the airline operated two ad-hoc A380 services to meet the destination’s burgeoning demand.
Since launching its inaugural flight to Barcelona last year Emirates has further committed to this dynamic destination with the five year sponsorship of the Barcelona Open Tennis Tournament earlier this year.
The Emirates A380 currently serves a total of 21 destinations with a further four destinations to launch in the next six months including Brisbane on 1st October, Los Angeles on 2nd December, Mauritius on 16th December and Zurich on 1st January 2014.
Source: Emirates