Emirates_A380-800 A6-EDF arrives at London.
Emirates_A380-800 A6-EDF arrives at London. Photo copyright Devesh Agarwal.

Emirates to commence fourth daily to New York JFK

November 6, 2014 4 Comments 373 Views

Dubai based Emirates airline will commencing its fourth daily flight between Dubai (DXB) and New York’s John F. Kennedy airport (JFK) from March 8, 2015. The airline already operates two daily non-stop flights using the Airbus A380 super-jumbos and one flight via Milan Malpensa using a Boeing 777-300ER.

The flight will be operated by another A380 in a three class configuration 14 first class suites, 76 lie-flat business class on the upper deck, and 399 economy class seats on the lower deck.

The schedule for the new flight is:
EK 207 departs Dubai at 14:50 arrives in New York JFK at 20:35.
EK 208 departs New York JFK at 16:30 arrives in Dubai at 13:15 the following day.

Emirates first flew to New York in June 2004 and since then has flown over 4.5 million passengers on the route. The fourth flight is targeted to connect with customers in Africa, India and the middle-east from Dubai. From New York, Emirates intends to leverage its 2010 code-share agreement with JetBlue Airways (B6) and offer connectivity to points within North America. At JFK airport, JetBlue operates from Terminal 5 and Emirates from Terminal 4.

About Devesh Agarwal

A electronics and automotive product management, marketing and branding expert, he was awarded a silver medal at the Lockheed Martin innovation competition 2010. He is ranked 6th on Mashable's list of aviation pros on Twitter and in addition to Bangalore Aviation, he has contributed to leading publications like Aviation Week, Conde Nast Traveller India, The Economic Times, and The Mint (a Wall Street Journal content partner). He remains a frequent flier and shares the good, the bad, and the ugly about the Indian aviation industry without fear or favour.

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4 comments

  1. Narayan gopalan
    November 6, 2014 at 17:53

    Does the A380 sit on the Tarmac at JFK from 20:35 to 16:35? It sounds rather long. Or does the same aircraft to the 23:00 return flight?

    • Devesh Agarwal
      November 6, 2014 at 18:28

      You are correct in your assumption. I am quite sure EK will plan a staggered usage of the aircraft. Each aircraft will perform a different flight number on the return. There is no way I see EK keeping an aircraft on the ground at JFK for 20 hours.

      • Narayan gopalan
        November 6, 2014 at 18:52

        Interesting…currently EK201 arrives at 13:50 and flies back at 23:00 as EK202.

        So this new EK208 return flight at 16:00 would be done by the EK201 inbound aircraft while the EK202 at 23:00 would be performed by the EK207 incoming aircraft.

        Better Aircraft Utilization!

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