Emirates unveils T3 transfer plan

ON THE MOVE: Emirates has revealed its plans to switch operations to T3. (Getty Images)

Emirates is to initially move 15 per cent of its operations to Terminal 3 when the new $4.5 billion facility at Dubai International Airport opens next month.

The plan will free up more space for other carriers at the congested Terminal 1.

The first Emirates flight to take off from the new terminal will be the Doha-bound EK843, using an Airbus A330-200, the airline has announced.

Terminal 3 will be operational on October 14 and will be opened in a phased manner. In the beginning, Emirates will move all its GCC and Americas services, or 40 flights a day, accounting for 15 per cent of the airline's operations.

In the second phase, flights to the rest of the Middle East and Africa will be moved to the new facility. This will take the number of services to 99 daily flights or 37 per cent of all flights.

Services to Europe will be moved in the third phase, taking operations to 168 daily flights.

The fourth and final phase will cover flights to South Asia, East Asia and Australasia and bring the total to 269 flights every day, Emirates said in a statement.

Terminal 3 has been built for exclusive use by Emirates and has five gates to handle the A380 superjumbo.

The airport is currently used by 123 airlines and links Dubai with 210 destinations.

Terminal 1 expects to handle 40 million passengers this year compared with about 34 million in 2007.

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