Key facts of the partnership of Qantas and Emirates
98 flights between Australia and Dubai every week (Double daily Qantas, all on Airbus A380s; 84 Emirates on a mix of A380s and B777 aircraft).
Combined total of 14 services per day.
Be welcomed through Emirates’all-n ew Concourse A in Terminal 3at Dubai Airport, the world’s only purpose built A380 terminal.
Chauffeur service for Business and First Class passengers travelling
to Europe on Qantas or Emirates (from home to airport, then from airport
to destination). Will apply to some other parts of the Qantas network from July 2013.
A total of 32 destinations in Europe are available direct from Dubai on the joint Qant as-Emirates network. This compares to 13 direct destinations from Singapore and 7 from Hong Kong with key competitors (including codeshare).
Qantas flights from Melbourne and Sydney to London via Dubai are about 30 mins shorter than via the pre 31 March network. These flights have 1 hr and 30 mins and 1 hr and 45 mins stopovers in Dubai respectively.
Fly to London with Qantas, with no more than 1 hr and 45 mins hr stop
in Dubai, from either Melbourne or Sydney.
On the joint Qantas-Emirates network, fly to more than 30 destinations in Europe via Dubai with just a single stop (compared with five on the former Qantas network). Fewer stops reduces air fares by up to $100.
Cut total travel time from Australia to many parts of Europe by several hrs. Qantas no longer have to travel to London then backtrack to places like Madrid and Barcelona.
If flying with Qantas to Dubai, connect to the top 27 destinations in Europe on Emirates within 4 hrs.
Total travel time to the top 10 destinations in Europe is an average of 2 hrs and 15 mins less via Dubai (from SYD and MEL) compared to the former Qantas network via Asia.
Qantas Frequent Flyers can use their points to fly on any part of the
Emirates network (as well as all of Qantas network). Combined total of
more than 175 destinations. Applies to entire points balance.
Earn Qantas & Emirates (Skywards) Frequent Flyer points on both Emirates and Qantas flights.
If you are eligible to access a Qantas lounge, you can also access Emirates lounges in in Australia, Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and the UK and Europe when flying with Emirates.
Reciprocal status recognition for frequent flyers across both networks (e.g. priority check-in for Qantas Gold Frequent Flyers when flying Emirates).
Harmonised baggage policies, including an increase in Qantas’ Economy checked baggage allowance from 23kg to 30kg.
The Dubai hub provides connections to 65 one-stop destinations. Almost all connections to Europe and North Africa are available within 4 hrs of landing.
The combined network provides excellent connectivity from all Australian airports
- Sydney: 66 return connections in total
- Melbourne: 60 return in total
- Brisbane: 47 return in total
- Perth: 60 return in total
- Adelaide: 29 return in total
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