Emirates again delays start of Airbus A350 operations

Emirates has again delayed the start of its Airbus A350-900 operations, Aeroroutes reported Wednesday.

This week, the airline updated its flight schedule and now the aircraft’s debut will be on December 2 on the Dubai – Edinburgh route.

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Prior to this latest update, the model was scheduled to begin operations with the airline on September 15. The date was subsequently changed to November 4.

As of today, these are the scheduled operations with Emirates’ A350:

Dubai – Edinburgh as of December 2, 2024
Dubai – Bahrain as of January 1, 2025
Dubai – Kuwait as of January 1, 2025
Dubai – Ahmedabad as of January 1, 2025
Dubai – Bologna as of January 1, 2025
Dubai – Bombay as of January 1, 2025
Dubai – Colombo as of January 2, 2025
Dubai – Lyon as of March 1, 2025
Dubai – Muscat as from March 1, 2025

The airline has 65 Airbus A350-900 aircraft on order. These aircraft will have a three-class configuration: 32 in Business Class, 21 in Premium Economy and 259 in Economy.