Emirates flies B777 to RI

Emirates flies B777 to RI

JAKARTA (JP): Emirates, the United Arab Emirates flag carrier,
began using Boeing B777 aircraft on its Dubai-Singapore-Jakarta
route on Sunday.

The airlines said yesterday that the jets would ply three of
Emirates's four weekly services to Jakarta via Singapore. The
fourth will still use the A310-300 aircraft it has used since
starting the Indonesian service in 1992.

Emirates said the B777s would increase capacity by 50 percent.
It said the sector had an average year-round load factor above 70
percent. (icn)