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personal site that reflects my interests in news,
current affairs, aviation and travel.
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My photographs have been moved off this site and are now stored on Picasa. They
were simply taking up too much space on my web host.
Please use
this link to see my list of photo albums.
Some
Useful links:
Information:
World Time
Clock
Exchange Rates
Journalism:
ForeignPolicy
Nationsonline.org
Project Syndicate
Amnesty International
Reporters w/o borders
The Guardian
BBC World News
CNN Asia
Bangkok Post
Daylife.com - news
Gulf News
Arabian Business
World News
WSJ - Asia
SCMP
Good causes:
Sister
Joan - Bangkok
Regional Info:
BKK Magazine
HK Magazine
In
Singapore Magazine
TimeOut Dubai
Back in the UK:
Newton Ferrers
And for fun:
Lin Ping live panda tv
EarthCam
History
BBC Archive
National Media
Museum
The British Library
Imperial War Museum
There are many other links on my AOB blog page.
Tai's Travels - Year 5
This
page records the fifth year of Tai's travels with Emirates Airline, starting
from 1 December 2010.
Links
Tai's Travels Year
One - 69 trips
Tai's Travels Year Two -
69 trips
Tai's travels Year Three
- 87 trips
Tai's travels Year Four -
79 trips
Tai's Blog
- adventures of an EK jet-setter. Many more pictures.
Emirates Airline - the company's web site
Dubai Airport - the airport's own web
site - good arrival/departure information
Tai's Travels - the picture gallery. Pictures
from her travels with Emirates are here:
Africa
Europe
Asia and Australia
Americas
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Tai's well known passengers |
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(twice!) |
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 Muhammad
Yunus - founder of Grameen Bank, and 2006 winner of the Nobel Prize for
Peace. |
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Tim
Clark
Gordon
Ramsay - F word chef and TV person
Bob
Geldof - Boomtown Rat - and hunger campaigner.
Sheikh
Rashed Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum 
Deepika
Padukone - Bollywood actress|
Flight |
New |
Destination |
Date |
Flight Numbers |
Layover Nights |
Notes and Pictures |
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376 |
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Athens |
30 November 2011 |
105/106 |
Turnaround |
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375 |
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Mauritius |
23 - 24 November 2011 |
3703/702 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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374 |
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Los Angeles |
16-19 November 2011 |
217/218 |
4 nights away, 2 nights layover |
No pictures - too busy shopping. |
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373 |
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Mumbai |
9 November 2011 |
508/509 |
Turnaround |
Change of plans after being unable to fly to Hamburg! |
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372 |
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Munich |
5 - 7 November 2011 |
51/52 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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Annual Leave |
25 October to 3 November 2011 |
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371 |
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Perth |
20 -22 October 2011 |
420/421 |
3 nights away, 1 night layover |
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370 |
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Houston |
10-13 October 2011 |
211/212 |
4 days away, 2 nights layover |
Link to Houston album: https://picasaweb.google.com/104362520257312541056/HoustonOctober2011# |
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369 |
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Doha |
6 October 2011 |
845/846 |
Turnaround |
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368 |
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Dusseldorf (from standby) |
28-30 September 2011 |
57/58 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
no pictures |
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367 |
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Athens |
24 September 2011 |
105/106 |
Turnaround |
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366 |
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Athens |
22 September 2011 |
105/106 |
Turnaround |
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365 |
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Cape Town |
18 - 20 September 2011 |
770/771 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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364 |
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Annual Leave |
10 - 17 September 2011 |
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363 |
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Beirut |
8 September 2011 |
957/958 |
Turnaround |
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362 |
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Bahrain |
6 September 2011 |
837/838 |
Turnaround |
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361 |
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Bombay |
3 September 2011 |
502/503 |
Turnaround |
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|
360 |
91 |
Copenhagen |
31 August-1 September 2011 |
151/152 |
2 days away, 1 night layover |
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359 |
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Hyderabad |
28-29 August 2011 |
524/525 |
Overnight turnaround |
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358 |
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Paris |
25-27August 2011 |
75/76 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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357 |
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Hong Kong |
19 -22 August 2011 |
380/381 |
3 nights away, 2 night layover |
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356 |
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Cape Town |
15-17 August 2011 |
770/771 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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355 |
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Cairo |
13 August 2011 |
928/929 |
Turnaround |
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354 |
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Khartoum |
11 August 2011 |
733/734 |
Turnaround |
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353 |
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Hong Kong |
5 - 8 August 2011 |
380/381 |
3 nights away, 2 night layover |
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352 |
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Beirut |
2 August 2011 |
957/958 |
Turnaround |
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351 |
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Delhi |
31 July 2011 |
514/515 |
Turnaround |
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350 |
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Amsterdam |
27 - 28 July 2011 |
147/148 |
2 days away, 1 night layover |
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349 |
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London |
24 - 26 July 2011 |
005/006 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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348 |
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Kuwait |
23 July 2011 |
857/858 |
Turnaround |
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347 |
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New York |
18 - 20 July 211 |
203/204 |
3 nights away, 1 night layover |
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346 |
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Chennai |
11 July 2011 |
544/545 |
Overnight turnaround |
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345 |
90 |
Geneva |
7-8 July 2011 |
89/90 |
2 days away, 1 night layover |
|
|
344 |
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Bombay |
3 July |
504/505 |
Overnight turnaround |
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|
343 |
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Vienna |
29 June-2 July 2011 |
125/126 |
3 days away, 2 night layover |
|
|
342 |
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Kuwait |
27 June 2011 |
859/860 |
Turnaround |
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Annual Leave |
19 June - 26 June 2011 |
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341 |
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Shanghai |
15 June - 17 June 2011 |
304/305 |
2 night layover |
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340 |
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Entebbe - via Addis Adaba |
9 June - 10 June 2011 |
723/724 |
2 days away, 1 night layover |
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339 |
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Singapore and Brisbane |
31 May - 4 June 2011 |
432/433 |
3 nights layover, 5 days away |
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338 |
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Mauritius |
25-27 May 2011 |
3703/3704 |
2 days away, 1 night layover |
|
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337 |
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Delhi |
21 May 2011 |
510/511 |
Overnight turnaround |
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335 |
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Shanghai |
14-17 May 2011 |
302/303 |
2 nights layover, 4 nights away |
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335 |
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Delhi |
11 May 2011 |
510/511 |
Overnight turnaround |
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334 |
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Venice |
7-8 May 2011 |
135/136 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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333 |
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San Francisco |
1-4 May 2011 |
225/226 |
2 nights layover, 4 days away |
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332 |
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Guangzhou |
25-27 April 2011 |
362/363 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
|
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331 |
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London Heathrow |
22-24 April 2011 |
005/006 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
|
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330 |
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Los Angeles |
16-19 April 2011 |
215/216 |
2 nights layover, 4 nights away |
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329 |
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Kuwait |
12 April 2011 |
853/854 |
Overnight turnaround |
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328 |
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Colombo (via Male) |
8-10 April 2011 |
652/653 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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327 |
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Hamburg |
4-5 April 2011 |
59/60 |
2 days away, 1 night layover |
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326 |
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Malta (via Larnaca) |
30-31 March 2011 |
107/108 |
2 days away, 1 night layover |
|
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325 |
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Rome |
26-28 March 2011 |
95/96 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
|
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324 |
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Delhi |
25 March 2011 |
510/511 |
Overnight turnaround |
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323 |
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Damman |
23 March 2011 |
825/826 |
Turnaround |
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Annual Leave |
12-21 March 2011 |
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322 |
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Brisbane and Auckland |
4-9 March 2011 |
434/435 |
3 nights layover, 5 nights away |
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321 |
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Los Angeles |
22-25 February 2011 |
217/218 |
2 nights layover, 4 nights away |
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320 |
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Tehran |
17 February 2011 |
977/978 |
Turnaround |
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319 |
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Zurich |
14-16 February 2011 |
85/86 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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318 |
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Tehran |
9 February 2011 |
975/976 |
Overnight turnaround |
Called out from airport standby |
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317 |
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Rome |
30 January 2011 - 1 February 2011 |
95/96 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
|
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316 |
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Athens |
28 January 2011 |
105/106 |
Turnaround |
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315 |
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Mumbai |
26 January 2011 |
502/503 |
Turnaround |
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314 |
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Madras/Chennai |
23-24 January 2011 |
542/543 |
Overnight turnaround |
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313 |
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Bangkok, Sydney, Christchurch |
13- 20 January 2011 |
418/419 |
6 nights away |
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312 |
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Bangkok |
8 - 9 January 2011 |
372/373 |
2 days away, 1 night layover |
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311 |
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Bangkok |
4 - 6 January 2011 |
374/375 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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310 |
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Mumbai |
3 January 2011 |
502/503 |
Turnaround |
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309 |
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Frankfurt |
30 December 2010 - 1 January 2011 |
47/48 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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Leave 22-28 December 2010 |
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308 |
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Singapore (via Colombo) |
18-20 December 2010 |
348/349 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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307 |
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Perth |
13-15 December 2010 |
424/425 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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306 |
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Los Angeles |
7-10 December 200 |
215/216 |
3 nights away, 2 nights layover |
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305 |
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Tehran |
1 December 2010 |
975/976 |
Overnight turnaround |
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Emirates has 102 passenger destinations (excluding Dubai) now all served from Emirates Terminal 3 at Dubai. New destinations have been visited as follows.
49 cities visited for the first time in year 1 in Blue.
14 cities visited for the first time in year 2 in Green.
14 cities visited for the first time in year 3 in
Orange
10 cities visited for the first time in year 4 in
Purple
2 new cities visited in year 5 in Grey
13 still to visit in
Red
102 in total by end 2011 (excluding Dubai)
South Asia [17 destinations]: Ahmedabad, Mumbai (Bombay), Bangalore, Chennai (Madras), Cochin (Kochi), Colombo, Delhi, Dhaka, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Male, Peshawar, Thiruvananthapuram, Kolkatta and Kozhikode.
Asia and Australasia [19 destinations]: Auckland, Bangkok, Beijing, Brisbane, Christchurch, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Melbourne, Nagoya, Osaka, Perth, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo.
Europe [27 destinations]:
Amsterdam, Athens,
Birmingham,
Copenhagen,
Düsseldorf, Frankfurt,
Geneva,
Glasgow, Hamburg,
Istanbul, Larnaca,
London Gatwick, London Heathrow, Madrid,
Malta, Manchester,
Milan, Moscow,
Munich, Newcastle,
Nice, Paris, Prague,
Rome, Vienna, Zurich
and Venice.
GCC/Middle East [14 destinations]:
Amman, Bahrain,
Basra,
Beirut, Damascus,
Dhahran (Damman), Doha,
Jeddah, Kuwait,
Muscat,
Riyadh, Sana’a
and Tehran,
Medinah.
Africa [19 destinations]:
Abidjan, Accra, Addis Ababa,
Cairo,
Cape Town, Casablanca,
Dar es Salaam,
Dakar, Durban,
Entebbe, Johannesburg,
Khartoum, Lagos,
Mauritius, Nairobi,
Seychelles, Tripoli, Tunis
and Luanda (Laounde).
Americas [6 destinations]: Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Sao Paulo, San Francisco and Toronto.
Emirates Destinations:
South Asia
17
Asia Pacific
19
Europe
27
GCC/Middle Easy 14
Africa
19
Americas
6
Total 102
Cargo Only to: Toledo, Taipei, Kabul, Gothenburg, Almaty, Bagram, Eldoret, Zaragoza, Campinas (Brazil), Lilongwe. 10 destinations.
Total EK 112. Agreed to Emirates web site.