Emirates to launch Santiago de Chile services in July

Emirates Airline is launching services to Santiago de Chile, the carrier’s fourth South American passenger route, starting July 8. The 5X-weekly service will use a 2-class Boeing 777-200LR, which offers 38 business-class seats in a 2-2-2 configuration and 264 seats in economy class. The new service is routed via Sao Paulo-Guarulhos airport (Brazil) and complements an existing daily Airbus A380 flight between Dubai and Sao Paulo. In total, Emirates will operate 12X-weekly services to Sao Paulo. Emirates president Tim Clark said the start of the Chile operations “underlines our commitment to South America”. Emirates is also adjusting its North American network and will introduce a new nonstop service between Newark Liberty International and Dubai from June 1. <br/>