17 new Emirates flights 2025: New routes to Ireland, China, Australia, Vietnam and more

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Getting ready to plan for a holiday? Us too.
With a few more UAE public holidays coming up this year and a bunch of new Emirates flights flying direct from Dubai, we're spoiled for choice when it comes to our next break.
The options from Dubai International Airport are seemingly endless, with it being the world's busiest international airport.
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This year, Emirates has added more flights to Africa, Europe, East Asia and Australia.
We can't wait to see where else Emirates will take us next. Here are the new Emirates flights for 2025. Keep checking back for updates.
New Emirates flights in 2025
Emirates adds fourth daily flight to London Gatwick
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Emirates will add a fourth daily flight between DXB and London Gatwick.
Emirates flight EK069 will depart Dubai at 5.05pm GST starting from Sunday February 8 2026 and arrive in London Gatwick at 8.50pm local time.
The return flight EK069 departs London Gatwick at 11.55pm local time and lands in Dubai at 11am GST.
The new service becomes the final flight of the day offered by Emirates between Dubai and London in both directions.
Third daily Mauritius route takes off in December
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The world's largest international airline will soon fly three times per day from Dubai to Mauritius.
Starting on Monday December 1, Dubai travellers will get three options throughout the day to get to the popular island destination.
The additional daily service will take off from Dubai International Airport at 6.55am GST and arrive in Mauritius at 1.40pm local time.
Return flights will depart Mauritius at 6.30pm local time and arrive at DXB at 1.10am the following day.
New daily route to Dublin launched
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Starting from Sunday October 26, Emirates will operate a third daily flight to Dublin from Dubai.
The third daily route, EK165, will serve as an early morning flight from Dubai International Airport – departing at 2.10am GST and arriving in Ireland at 6.25am local time.
And the return flight EK166 will depart Dublin at 8.25am local time and arrive in DXB at 8pm GST.
The additional flight provides Irish travellers with an early morning departure option and complements the existing afternoon and evening departures that the airline already has in place.
Daily A350 service to Muscat launched
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Emirates has officially launched daily Airbus A350 services to Muscat, Oman. Flights have been timed to allow customers to connect to destinations in Europe, Americas, Africa and Asia.
The next-generation aircraft offers 312 seats including options in business, premium economy and economy classes.
During summer, Emirates has also added two extra weekly flights between the two cities.
Emirates will fly to Edinburgh and eight other destinations with its new fleet (Credit: Canva)
The first of 65 shiny new A350s joining the fleet, the aircraft features a brand new cabin design and some state-of-the-art features to ensure the time flies by (see what we did there).
The Emirates A350's arrival in Edinburgh follows the airline's resumption of services to Scotland's capital in November 2024.
Emirates' A350 flight EK23 departs Dubai International Airport at 2.50pm local time, arriving in Edinburgh at 7.05pm local time. The return flight, EK24, departs Edinburgh at 20.40pm local time and lands back in Dubai at 8.05am (local time) the following day.
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Ahead of the Lunar New Year, Emirates added a second daily flight to Ho Chi Minh City.
The second flight to the Vietnamese city was originally planned for February 1 2025 but was brought forward by a couple of weeks due to a surge in demand around the Lunar New Year Festival.
The Lunar New Year is one of the biggest festivals in the East Asian calendar and was held on Wednesday January 29 in 2025.
DXB to Colombo
Starting from Friday January 2, the airline announced it is running an additional service to Colombo, making it even easier to jet off to Sri Lanka.
Operating from Dubai International Airport, the newly-introduced flight will increase the seat capacity on the route by 30 percent.
Running six times per week until Monday March 31, 2025, the Emirates flight will depart DXB daily (apart from Wednesday) at 10.05am, arriving in Bandaranaike International Airport at 4pm local time.
New flight to Johannesburg
Emirates has announced a 4th daily flight to Johannesburg from Dubai (Credit: Adobe Express)
Emirates has added a fourth daily flight to one of its most popular destinations as it tries to meet demand.
Kicking in on Saturday March 1, the fourth daily flight will be operated on a three-class Boeing 777-300ER and offers an additional 708 seats in and out of South Africa's largest international airport every day.
EK767 will depart Dubai at 12.10am, arriving in Johannesburg at 6.20am and the return flight, EK768, will depart Johannesburg at 10.15am and arrive in Dubai at 8.15am.
This means that Emirates' schedule now includes a morning departure from Johannesburg.
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Emirates has also increased the frequency of its flights connecting DXB with Addis Ababa as of Wednesday January 1 2025. There are now daily flights to the Ethiopian capital city.
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Taking off on Sunday March 30, the flights are operated with one of the shiny new retrofitted Emirates Boeing 777-300ER planes.
At present, Emirates operates two daily flights between Dubai and Melbourne using four-class Airbus A380s, but from March this will become three daily services.
This will replace Emirates operations between Singapore and Melbourne, meaning passengers can connect easier with other Emirates flights from Dubai.
Beirut (Credit: Canva)
In February, the airline added a second daily service to Beirut with the introduction of morning flights between Dubai and Lebanon.
This second daily service will take off from Dubai at 7.30am GST and arrive in Beirut at 10.30am EET. The return flight will leave Beirut at 12.05pm EET and arrive in Dubai at 4.55pm GST.
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The world's biggest airline is now flying daily to two of India's biggest cities with the new Airbus A350 plane since Sunday January 26.
The new daily service flies daily to Mumbai and Ahmedabad and, in doing so, becomes the fourth and fifth routes that the new aircraft will fly to.
Flights to Mumbai will depart from Dubai at 1.15pm Gulf Standard Time and arrive in Mumbai at 5.50pm India Standard Time every day. The A350 return flight will then take off at 7.20pm in Mumbai and arrive in Dubai at 9.05pm.
Emirates starts daily flights to Shenzhen
Emirates new flights fly direct to Shenzhen (Credit: Emirates/Getty)
Shenzhen is the Chinese mainland's technology and innovation hub, sometimes nicknamed China's Silicon Valley, and home to plenty of modern architecture and vibrant nightlife as a result.
Flights to Shenzhen have been scheduled to optimise connections to and from key points across Africa and the GCC. These flights launched officially on Tuesday July 1.
The EK328 will depart from Dubai at 10.05am GST daily and arrive in Shenzhen at 10pm local time.
The return flight EK329 leaves Shenzhen at 11.55pm local time and arrives at DXB at 3.40am the following day.
Shenzhen will also become the first destination in China to be served by the retrofitted Boeing 777-300ER which offers business class, premium economy and economy class seats.
New route to Vietnam launched
Emirates new flights: Da Nang is the third Vietnamese city in the Emirates network (Credit: Emirates)
Da Nang is the third Vietnamese city to be served by Emirates after Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Flights started taking off from Monday June 2.
Flights will depart on Mondays, Wednesday, Fridays and Sundays and fly via Bangkok.
Timings have been selected with access and connections to major European and US cities in mind.
Flights will leave Dubai at 9am local time, reach Bangkok at 6.25pm local time before then travel on from 8.10pm, and arrive in Da Nang at 9.50pm local time.
The return flight EK371 leaves Da Nang at 11.30pm and gets in at Thailand's biggest city at 9.50pm. It will then depart Bangkok from 3.40am and arrive at DXB at 6.50am.
Three weekly flights to Siem Reap
Emirates new flights will travel to Siem Reap (Credit: Emirates/Getty)
The airline's three weekly services to Siem Reap will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. This service began on Tuesday June 3.
Flight EK370 leaves Dubai at 9am and arrives in Bangkok at 6.25pm. The flight then leaves Bangkok at 8.10pm before arriving in Siem Reap at 9.30pm.
The return flight leaves Siem Reap at 11.50pm, arrives at Bangkok at 1.10am the following day and takes off from Bangkok at 3.40am. The return flight arrives in Dubai at 6.50am.
Both the Da Nang and Siem Reap services will be operated by a two-class Boeing 777-300ER which offers 35 seats in business class and 386 seats in economy class.
New daily route to Hangzhou
Emirates will fly daily to Hangzhou (Credit: Canva)
Flying out of Dubai International Airport, Emirates will now travel to Hangzhou – one of China's biggest cities.
Emirates' latest expansion makes it the airline's fifth gateway into the Chinese mainland after Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Shenzhen.
Emirates' newest route will take off with a three-class Boeing 777-300ER from Wednesday July 30.
This route will provide 2,478 weekly seats to the largest city in Zhejiang province.
Flight EK310 will depart Dubai at 9.40am GST and arrive in Hangzhou at 10pm China Standard Time. And the return flight EK311 will leave Hangzhou at 12.10am CST and arrive in Dubai at 4.55am GST.
A350 arrives at Amman
The Emirates A350 (Credit: Emirates)
The Emirates A350 touched down ahead of schedule at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman as the airline began its second daily flight to the Jordanian city.
Originally scheduled to begin on Sunday June 1, the service officially got underway on Monday May 19.
The three-class Emirates A350 features 312 seats, including 32 next-generation Business Class lie-flat seats in a 1-2-1 layout, 21 Premium Economy seats in a 2-3-2 configuration, and 259 spacious Economy Class seats in a 3-3-3 layout. Designed for comfort, the aircraft offers higher ceilings, wider aisles, and a quieter cabin environment.
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