Emirates Adds 5 New Nonstop Airbus A350 Routes: See All Flights Now Close AIRLINES The Airbus A350-900 entered commercial service with Emirates in January 2025. And now, 12 months on, an additional five routes have been announced on the equipment. It'll fly from Dubai to Cape Town, Copenhagen, Phuket, Rome Fiumicino, and Taipei. It comes as the Gulf giant removes the A380 from Copenhagen, while Etihad Airways adds a brand-new unusual European route. According to ch-aviation.com, Emirates' commercial fleet consists of 272 aircraft. Some 260 of these are passenger-configured, while 12 are freighters (including one frame that's undergoing conversion). Its passenger subfleet consists of 118 Boeing 777-300ERs, 116 A380s, 16 A350-900s, and ten 777-200LRs. They are as shown above and summarized below. Some caution is needed. None of the routes are new to Emirates' network, but all are new to seeing the A350. However, there are three significant developments. First, the type means Copenhagen will have a twice-daily frequency for the first time. It'll help compete with Etihad, whose Copenhagen frequency recently rose to daily, with the route to see the 787-9 rather than the A321LR during the summer. Second, Emirates will fly three times daily to Cape Town for the first time in seven years. Third, the ever-popular tourist resort gateway of Phuket will have three daily flights for…
Published: January 9, 2026 5:01 pm
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