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Emirates arrives

in Sydney

KARACHI: Emirates first flight to Sydney touched down at the Sydney International Airport on March 27.

Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Emirates Chairman, was received by MP Sandra Nori, Minister for Tourism of New South Wales. Also present to welcome the Emirates/UAE delegation were Councillor Lucy Turnbull, Deputy Mayor of Sydney and Greg Russell, Director of Aviation, Sydney Airport Corporation.

Emirates now flies four times a week from Dubai to Sydney via Singapore. Sydney is Emirates' second destination in Australia after Melbourne, to which the airline operates daily flights, also via Singapore.

Other new destinations by Emirates are Entebbe, Uganda, to which thrice weekly services started on March 27, and Milan, Italy, thrice weekly via Rome from April 1.ÑPR