Emirates touches down in Edinburgh with daily services

Emirates has touched down in Edinburgh for the first time, with the Boeing 777-300ER landing in the Scottish capital just before 3pm on 1 October. Flight EK023 was welcomed with a water cannon salute and a launch event hosted by Emirates divisional senior vice president commercial operations West, Hubert Frach; Emirates UK divisional vice president, […]

Emirates to launch daily flights to Edinburgh

Emirates is continuing to expand its UK network with daily flights connecting Dubai with Edinburgh from 1 October. Flight EK023 will depart Dubai at 0955h and arrive in Edinburgh at 1450h, before the return flight, number EK024 will leave Edinburgh at 2015h and arrive back in Dubai at 0640h the next day, providing connections to […]

Virgin and Delta to co-locate cargo handling in the UK

Virgin Atlantic Cargo and Delta Cargo are to co-locate their dnata cargo handling facilities under one roof across the UK. The airlines will co-locate their cargo handling at London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, East Midlands, Leeds/Bradford and Newcastle from 8 June. The companies say the move will provide single drop-off […]

Delta and Virgin to strengthen UK – US network

Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic are to strengthen their UK – US networks by sharing flights, which will include the first London – Portland service. From the summer of 2017, the two airlines will optimise their joint network, which they say will offer customers more choice and flexibility. The changes for Delta will include […]