Over 120,000 passengers arrived on Emirates at Italy’s four gateways this summer which was "the best season of recent years.”
“A very high-quality service both on the ground and in the sky”
A further 130,000 passengers departed from the four gateways of Rome, Milan, Bologna, and Venice between June and August.
“Emirates' Italian summer went very well overall, with incoming flows in line with the entire company network,- says Flavio Ghiringhelli, country manager of the Dubai carrier in Italy. - We recorded flights with full capacity throughout the summer period, and this is a clear demonstration of the fact that Italians, but more generally our customers, want to continue travelling. Choosing to fly with us is once again synonymous with the fact that customers recognise our very high-quality service both on the ground and in the sky.”
Over 1.8 million passengers on Emirates’ Milan-New York
The profile of Emirates inbound traffic highlights that travellers attracted to Italy are mainly from Australia (around 30,000 visitors arrived from Sydney), the USA (around 20,000 from New York), and from the UAE (around 19,000 from Dubai). Tourist flows in Italy are linked to both leisure and business with 67% of travellers choosing to spend a leisure trip in Italy while 5% were on business. Emirates celebrated its first 10 years of direct flights between Milan and New York, having carried over 1.8 million passengers on the route. Over 6,000 flights in both directions helped meet demand on an under-served route, fostered successful trade and tourism connections and benefitted both economies. Emirates is the only airline to offer a First Class service on this route and to operate fifth freedom from Italy; the route is operated by Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 aircraft.
