Onboard the inaugural flight, HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive, Emirates Airline and Group, leads a delegation of senior Emirates executives who will be attending meetings and formal events in San Francisco, to celebrate the launch of Emirates' services.
This flight marks the first non-stop air transport link from the Middle East to the US West Coast city of San Francisco. It will also be Emirates' fifth gateway in North America, following the airline's launch of services to New York, Toronto, Houston, and Los Angeles. Initially flying three-times-a-week on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, Emirates intends to increase services between Dubai and San Francisco to daily flights in 2009.
Flying the modern and efficient Boeing 777-200LR on the route, Emirates had also developed special procedures for this flight as a trial to reduce the overall environmental footprint, this includes the limited use of the auxiliary power unit on the ground during departure, and taxi-ing to the runway with expedited clearances provided by Dubai Air Traffic Control.
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Emirates Airline's inaugural San Francisco flight had a smooth and specially co-ordinated "green" departure from Dubai International Airport today.
Photographed at the new Terminal 3 this morning prior to the departure of Emirates' inaugural flight to San Francisco were: HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive, Emirates Airline and Group (centre); HE Major General Mohammed Abdul Rahim Al Ali, UAE Under Secretary, Ministry of Defence (centre left); Dr. Tariq Al Tayer, Director, Al Tayer Group (centre right); Major Mohammed Al Awadhi, Airport Police (3rd from left); and Emirates executives (from left to right) - Andrew Parker, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs & Environment; Adel Al Redha, Executive Vice President, Engineering and Operations; Keith Longstaff, Divisional Senior Vice President Commercial Operations Worldwide. Also pictured are Emirates cabin crew members Tanya Ivkovic and Vicki Lawrenson.
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