Emirates lands in Chile and plans to open a daily flight

An important milestone for the local commercial aviation meant yesterday the arrival at the airport Arturo Merino Bentez the first flight of the Emirates dubait company in Chile, which, moreover, was driven by a Chilean. For the first time, Santiago has direct flights to Asia, going to Sao Paulo. A total of five frequencies per week will have the Chilean capital's airline in Dubi, one of the seven emirates that make up the UAE.

In this way, Chile becomes the third country in South America with regular Emirates operations, after Brazil (Sao Paulo and Ro de Janeiro) and Argentina (Buenos Aires).

In conversation with "El Mercurio", the Vice President of Commercial Operations for the UAE's West Division, Hubert Frach, said that the company's relationship with Chile has not started today. hui. "The first Chilean of Emirates is a flight attendant who joined the company 21 years ago and now fulfills functions in our academy by training new generations, showing tremendous progress, and there are also Chilean pilots, like our flight today "

As far as Chile is concerned, the executive assured that it was an accident. countries with high demand for tourism and business travel. "As its economy is also very stable and its growth is strong, it also has a stable and transparent legislative framework and there is no discrimination in foreign direct investment, which makes it very attractive, "he said. The low-cost market in the region, Frach said that the business model that Emirates brings is not comparable. "There are customers who are looking for more quality and better service, the pillars of our strategy are different and we are more concerned to capitalize on the strength of our brand in Chile," he said. Chile, Scott Lantz, hopes that in the future the company will add more frequencies and will be able to offer a daily flight between Santiago and Dubi.

The company will operate the road with a Boeing 777-200LR, which has 38 executive seats and 264 seats in economy class Among the benefits of the executive class, there is a recreational area in the aircraft – with different snacks and beverages – and a chauffeur service at no extra charge for the plane ticket upon arrival at the airport.