Emirates Airline will resume its direct service between Milan and New York from June 1, re-opening year round connectivity between Europe and the US.
The service will be an extension to Emirates’ existing Milan flight, operated by Boeing 777-300 ER, offering 8 seats in First Class, 42 lie-flat seats in Business and 304 ergonomically designed seats in Economy class.
The airline’s service to and from New York JFK will increase to three times daily to support the newly resumed link, providing customers worldwide with more connectivity, convenience and choice.
Emirates flight EK205 will depart Dubai (DXB) at 09:45hrs, arriving in Milan (MXP) at 14:20hrs before departing again at 16:10hrs and arriving into New York John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) at 19:00hrs the same day.
The return flight EK206 will depart JFK at 22:20 hrs, arriving in Milan at 12:15hrs the next day. EK206 will depart once again from Milan the next day at 14:05hrs bound for Dubai where it will arrive at 22:10 hrs (all times are local).
Emirates has recently reaffirmed its commitment to the US with the resumption of services to 11 gateways, including Orlando and Newark in June.
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