Emirates has restarted its two South American destinations, Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires, which were suspended due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Flight EK777 with a Boeing 247 aircraft received a warm welcome in Brazil and Argentina. RIOgaleão in Rio de Janeiro celebrated the airline's return to the city with a traditional water jewelry welcome ceremony. Welcoming the passengers and cabin crew, the samba dancers performed an entertaining cultural performance at the ceremony, which was also attended by the airport management team.
Salem Obaidalla, Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations for the Americas, and Stephane Perard, Brazil Manager, among Emirates executives, celebrated the re-launch of Dubai-Rio de Janeiro-Buenos Aires flights with a symbolic ribbon cutting ceremony before continuing their flight to Buenos Aires.
Flight EK247 departed Ministro Pistarini International Airport in Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, among them Transport Minister Alexis Raúl Guerrera; Matías Lammens, Minister of Tourism; Argentine officials, including Civil Aviation Director Paola Tamburelli, and Ezeiza Airport General Manager Sebastian Villar Guarino and other names in the airport management team, as well as IMPROTUR International Markets Director Oscar Suarez and UAE Ambassador to the Republic of Argentina, Saeed Abdulla Saif Joula Alqemzi. The welcome event in Buenos Aires included an enthusiastic tango dance show organized by the Argentine Tourism Board (INPROTUR).
With the resumption of flights to Argentina, which first started in 2012, Emirates has reactivated more than 130% of its pre-pandemic network of more than 90 destinations, including Dubai. Flights from Dubai to Buenos Aires via Rio de Janeiro are operated four times a week with the number of EK247/EK248.
Flight EK247 departs Dubai at 08:05 four days a week, arriving in Rio de Janeiro at 15:25. After a transfer of 1 hour and 45 minutes, the plane departs for Argentina at 17:10 and arrives in Buenos Aires at 20:40. Return flight EK248 departs Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires at 22:20 and arrives in Rio de Janeiro at 01:10 the next day. It then departs again at 02:55 and arrives in central Dubai at 23:35.
Premium travel experience and visit to Dubai
Emirates also operates daily flights between São Paulo and Dubai in South America. On flights with the famous flagship A380 aircraft, the airline's signature Onboard Lounge is available for passengers traveling in Premium Class, while Shower&Spa service is available in First Class.
Emirates offers passengers a unique culinary experience in the sky, with menus inspired by regional flavors, developed by a team of award-winning chefs and accompanied by a multitude of premium beverage options. Passengers can sit back and enjoy Emirates' award-winning inflight entertainment system, ice, with over 5000 channels of carefully curated global entertainment including movies, TV shows, music, podcasts, games, audiobooks and more with Portuguese and Spanish language support. .
Passengers traveling in Premium Class cabins and Skywards members of certain status can take advantage of the airport lounge services to relax or complete their unfinished business before flights to Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires and Sao Paolo. Passengers can take advantage of chauffeur-driven service at two destinations in Brazil and Argentina. Emirates offers its passengers traveling in Premium Class at Dubai International Airport, along with a number of lounges, a chauffeur driven service to and from the airport.
Brazilian and Argentine nationals traveling to Dubai can easily get their visa on arrival in Dubai and make a stopover in the city with ease.
To strengthen intra-regional and international trade and tourism
The resumption of Emirates flights also facilitates trade between Argentina, Brazil and other countries through the airline's cargo division, Emirates SkyCargo. The airline's wide-body Boeing 777 aircraft offers a cargo capacity of around 20 tonnes per flight to deliver regional exports from Argentina and Brazil to consumers in the Middle East, Europe and other markets, while also supporting the import of essential goods such as pharmaceuticals.
Since 2007, 58 thousand tons of goods have been exported from Brazil, while 62 thousand tons of imports have been realized by using Emirates services on passenger flights in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Emirates SkyCargo operates special cargo flights to Viracopos airport in Brazil. While Emirates facilitated the export of 10 thousand tons of goods from Argentina in the last 23 years, 21 thousand tons of goods were imported through the flights of the airline.
Argentina, which has been a popular destination for tourists worldwide for many years, was the fourth most visited country in South Africa in 2019 and the 28th most visited worldwide in terms of visitor numbers, according to Worlddata.info. Argentina was visited by 2019 million tourists in 7,4, while Buenos Aires was ranked 2,77th among the world's most popular cities with 88 million visitors traveling for vacation, business and family/friends.
While Brazil was the 9th most visited country in South America and the 32nd most visited country in the world, it hosted 6 million tourists in the same year. Rio de Janeiro ranks first among the most visited cities in Brazil and ranks 2,33th among the most popular cities in the world with 99 million tourists.
Emirates currently serves passengers around the world, with flights to more than 130 destinations in its network. Offering comfortable connections in Dubai, the airline facilitates travel between the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.
Passengers traveling to other destinations in South America, including connecting flights between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, can comfortably continue their journey thanks to Emirates' codeshare and interline agreements with regional partners such as GOL, LATAM, Azul, Copa and Avianca. .
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