Emirates arrives in Israel;

Is this the best airline in the world?

For several months now, the Emirati airline has been scheduled to land in Israel for the first time, but the Corona and the like have rejected it.

The company announced today that the debut flight to Israel will take place in June.

So will the best airline in the world land here?

Danny Field

15/03/2022

Tuesday, 15 March 2022, 12:08 Updated: 14:12

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Emirates Airbus A380 (Photo: Emirates)

third time ice cream?

Emirates announced today (Tuesday) for the third time the start of the flight route from Dubai (currently a daily flight) - this time it is scheduled to happen on June 23, 2022. The company previously announced two opening dates, which have been postponed due to various Corona restrictions. And now, with the return of most flights to routine, it seems that another competitor will be added to El Al, Israir, Arkia and Play Dubai on the requested route.

The first flight EK931 will take off from Dubai on June 23 at 15:50, and will land at Ben Gurion Airport at 18:00 Israel time.

The return flight, EK932, will take off from Tel Aviv at 19:55, and land in Dubai at 23:59 local time.

Average flight duration between the two destinations:

The price we found today on the company's website: $ 595 round trip in June in economy class, including a 25kg suitcase and a 7kg trolley.

The company will operate on this line the Boeing 777-300ER fleet, which offers three classes: 8 private suites in the first class, 42 beds that open to beds in the business class and 304 spacious seats in the economy class.

According to the company, the flight schedule is set so that it can provide easy access to Dubai as well as convenient options for onward flights to holiday destinations such as Thailand, India, the Philippines and the Maldives.

Adnan Kazim

, VP of Commerce at Emirates, said: "We look forward to hosting passengers on our flights to and from Tel Aviv this summer and offering them a new and meaningful connection to Dubai and through it to other destinations."

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The best airline in the world?

Emirates flight attendants (Photo: official website, official website)

Business Department at Emirates.

42 seats in 777 that will land here (Photo: PR Emirates)

Will the world's largest passenger plane land here?

In recent months, rumors have been circulating that the Emirates airline will arrive on its first flight to Israel with an Airbus A380 - the largest and most impressive passenger plane in the world - and that the UAE company will make a big "show" at Ben Gurion Airport and bring the giant plane to Israel for the first flight

. Aircraft, passengers who experienced the flight experience and others, filled the various websites with news from "senior officials", "knowledgeable" and others who hinted that the company would indeed bring the plane to Israel and that it also submitted a request to land at the airports. The plane, and especially the company that the writers say is the best airline in the world, without specifying what exactly is the best in the world, who crowned it as such and how exactly the test was done.

8 pamperers will be able to enjoy it.

First class on the Emirates' Boeing 777 (Photo: Emirates PR)

In a good place, but not the best in the world

A look at some of the sites, some of which belong to magazines dealing with aviation and others dealing with ratings in the aviation and tourism industry, shows that not like her scream.

And that’s before we get into the way the rankings are made.

Here on the website of the popular travel magazine Conde Nast Treveller there is a ranking of the best airlines in the world under the heading "Gold List".

In first place is Norwegian, followed by Cathay Pacific, in third place Delta Airlines followed by Jetblue.

Suisse comes after her then United, Emirates and Singapore Airlines.

That is, Emirates is in a good place but not the best in the world.

Another site that ranks airlines is SkyTrax.

Every year he presents his list at a tourist fair held in London, and in recent years he has been doing so virtually because of the corona.

The site's list published a few weeks ago for 2021 includes, in first place Qatar Airlines, followed by Singapore Airlines, in third place the Japanese All Nippon (ANA) and only in fourth place Emirates.

In the ranking of 2020, which gives details of what and why, it turns out that the best airline in the world is actually Etihad.

The airline with the best business class is Aeroflot.

Etihad also wins first place when it comes to customer experience while the best first class is that of Oman Air.

Yes.

Emirates has also received several awards: first place on the economy class, first place on the business lounge in Dubai and first place on the frequent flyer program.

Emirates Lounge in Dubai, to which flights from Israel will begin this June (Photo: ShutterStock)

Also prepared for the corona period.

Daily Land in the Emirates (Photo: Official Website, Official Website)

You can easily influence the choice

I have a lot of reservations about the way these rankings are done, especially when they are done online and there is a very easy option to influence the choice.

Even before the Internet age it was possible to easily influence choice.

Here, a few years ago, I opened a cafe in Tel Aviv.

His name in Israel is Danny's coffee Shop.

Every day I uploaded pictures of food I cook to a site I started online and made sure to get a lot of responses in the "Bible" of the audience review also known as "Trip Advisor". A few months passed and my "cafe" climbed to 18th place out of 78 houses Cafe and restaurants in Tel Aviv. Until recently, if you went into Google Maps and wrote down the name of the cafe, you could see his address and even get his phone number for reservations. Needless to say I did not have any cafe and that is to teach you what exactly a rating is worth.

354 passengers will be able to board the flight to Israel.

Emirates' Boeing 777 (Photo: Emirates PR)

So from now on you should know that Emirates is a good company.

It has excellent service, many people are waiting for it to arrive in Israel and it will be possible to fly with it to destinations all over the world.

But the best in the world?

Not really.

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