The Hindu Business Line : Emirates will fly to LA, San Francisco from Dec

Chennai, Oct. 23 Indians who want to go to Los Angeles and San Francisco will now have one more airline to choose from. Emirates plans to connect Dubai to Los Angeles from Sunday and to San Francisco from December 15.

From Chennai, a round ticket to the US west coast via Dubai will cost Rs 54,995 (economy), which excludes only taxes.

Emirates is already flying to New York and a few other destinations on the east coast, but is flying to destinations in the west coast for the first time. Emirates has also increased the number of flights out of Chennai from 14 to 19 (from Sunday).

Flight details

Emirates flies the Airbus 330 and Boeing 777 between Chennai and Dubai.

The airline has increased the frequency of the giant A-380 between Dubai and New York from thrice a week to daily. Emirates has posed the opportunity to fly by the A-380 as another attraction for Indian travellers to the US. An economy round ticket to New York costs Rs 49,495 plus taxes.

Dubai packages

Meanwhile, Emirates has also dropped fares on its Chennai-Dubai flights to Rs 14,995, taxes excluded. The earlier fare was Rs 18,500. This “invitation fare” is however open only until December 15, according to Mr Sudhir Sukumaran, Sales Manager, Tamil Nadu.

At a press conference here, Mr Sukumaran said Emirates offered three-night tour packages for Dubai at Rs 31,300 a person. The charges include hotel accommodation but not sight seeing.

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