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Emirates Returns To Nigeria From 1 October

<h4>Emirates Returns To Nigeria From 1 October<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> has reliably gathered that Emirates will resume services to Nigeria from 1 October 2024&comma; operating a daily service between Lagos and Dubai&comma; and offering customers more choice and connectivity from Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s largest city to&comma; and through&comma; Dubai&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The service will be operated using a Boeing 777-300ER&period; EK783 will depart Dubai at 0945hrs&comma; arriving in Lagos at 1520hrs&semi; the return flight EK784 will leave Lagos at 1730hrs and arrives in Dubai at 0510hrs the next day&period; Tickets can be booked now on emirates&period;com or via travel agents&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Adnan Kazim&comma; Emirates&&num;8217&semi; Deputy President and Chief Commercial Officer said&comma; <em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;We are excited to resume our services to Nigeria&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;The Lagos-Dubai service has traditionally been popular with customers in Nigeria and we hope to reconnect leisure and business travellers to Dubai and onwards to our network of over 140 destinations&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;We thank the Nigerian government for their partnership and support in re-establishing this route and we look forward to welcoming passengers back onboard&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With the resumption of operations to Nigeria&comma; Emirates operates to 19 gateways in Africa with 157 flights per week from Dubai&comma; with further reach to an additional 130 regional points in Africa through its codeshare and interline partnerships with South African Airways&comma; Airlink&comma; Royal Air Maroc&comma; Tunis Air&comma; among others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As a major economic hub in <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Africa&comma; Nigeria and the UAE<&sol;a> have built strong bilateral trade relations over the years&comma; headlined by Lagos as the nation&&num;8217&semi;s commercial centre&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With the resumption of daily passenger flights&comma; the airline&&num;8217&semi;s cargo arm&comma; Emirates SkyCargo&comma; will further bolster the trade relationship by offering more than 300 tonnes of bellyhold cargo capacity&comma; in and out of Lagos every week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Emirates SkyCargo will support Nigerian businesses by exporting their goods via its state-of-the-art hub in Dubai&comma; into key markets such as the UAE&comma; Malaysia&comma; Hong Kong&comma; and Bahrain&comma; among others with key anticipated commodities such as Kola Nuts&comma; food and beverages&comma; and urgent courier material&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Emirates SkyCargo will also import vital goods such as pharmaceuticals and electronics as well as general cargo from key markets such as the UAE&comma; India and Hong Kong&period; Keeping trade flowing seamlessly&comma; these goods will be transported quickly&comma; efficiently&comma; and reliably via the airline&&num;8217&semi;s multi-vertical specialized product portfolio&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Emirates Boeing 777-300ER serving Lagos will operate with 8 First Class suites&comma; 42 Business Class seats&comma; and 304 seats in Economy Class&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Offering the best experience in the sky&comma; passengers can dine on regionally inspired multi-course menus developed by a team of award-winning chefs complemented by a wide selection of premium beverages&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Customers can tune in to over 6&comma;500 channels of global entertainment&comma; including 23 Nigerian movies&comma; in addition to series and other content on ice&comma; Emirates&&num;8217&semi; award-winning inflight entertainment system&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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