:: Global Nomad :: Volume 03

Thursday, July 1^st 2010

Cheap Flights to Australia with Emirates

Emirates Airline has become the world’s seven biggest carrier in almost no time. It’s not even a decade yet, that the airline started its services to Australia. Today, it not only stands proudly among the five stars rated Australia Flights but also acquires a prominent position among cheap return flights to Australia.

What makes it every one’s favorite is its easy availability nearly any time of the year, from anywhere in the world and at affordable prices even when last minute flights to Australia are required.

On an overall calculation, it’s a low cost airline to Australia; actually some people accuse it of initiating the price war but why not providing luxurious and cheap flights to Australia while they can?

In around 1996 Emirates newly arrived Boeings started their operations to Melbourne via Singapore. Towards the end of the year 2000 Emirates planned to inaugurate its first ever long haul service, nonstop direct flights to Australia. Today, Emirates has emerged as a successful and fastest growing airline that operates in 100 destinations, 6 continents and owns the records of world’s longest non-stop flights from Dubai to USA.

Quick facts and all you need to feel proud with Emirates before you take off:

Emirates was conceived in March 1985 under the support of Dubai’s royal family
It is the national / flagship carrier of Dubai, UAE and a subsidiary of The Emirates Group.
Dubai Royal Air Wing provided the first two of the airline’s aircrafts for its first flight
Emirates Airline is the biggest major airline in the Middle East
Internationally Emirates ranks amongst the top 10 carriers worldwide
It over 2200 passenger flights per week, from its hub at Dubai International Airport Terminal 3, to more than 108 destinations in 60 countries across 6 continents.
In 2009 the airline was the 7^th largest airline in the world in terms of international passengers carried
Also it is the 4^th largest in terms of scheduled international passenger and kilometers
Emirates provides 30 kilos baggage and 7 kg hand luggage for Australian destinations
It flies to Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Auckland and Christchurch.
Emirates fly from and to London Heathrow, Gatwick, New Castle, Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow.

Emirates make a tough competitor for cheap one way flights to Australia and also provide some inexpensive promotional low cost return fares. Well liked for being a kid’s friendly airline, Emirates also offers free flights, stays and play in Dubai for kids below 16. Such generous offers are not only limited to the minors but also adults can enjoy complementary five and four star stay in Dubai with Emirates as part of some promotional activities.

Turkey might be the world’s most contested country. Its landscape is dotted with battlegrounds, ruined castles and the palaces of great empires. This is the land where Alexander the Great slashed the Gordion Knot, where Achilles battled the Trojans in Homer’s Iliad, and where the Ottoman Empire fought battles that would shape the world. History buffs can immerse themselves in marvels and mementos stretching back to the dawn of civilisation.

Then again, if you want to simply unwind, spend an afternoon being pampered at ahamam, or let the warm waters off the Mediterranean coast lap at your toes. Adventure lovers can head east to Nemrut Daği National Park. Bon vivants need look no further than Istanbul, where the markets and bars are among the most stylish and atmospheric, and the mod Ottoman cuisine rates as the tastiest, in the world.

The country’s tumultuous history has left a deep legacy. People who’ve never had to suffer for an idea or fight for a patch of land can be overwhelmed by the passion of ordinary Turks for their country. But for ordinary Turks that passion finds its outlet, not in martial ardour, but in simple pleasures: family, food, music, football, and friendship. Turks have an inspiring ability to keep things in perspective, to get on with everyday life and to have a bloody good time in the process. Sharing their joy in the simple things is a highlight for every visitor.

Treat Turkey as that most quintessential of Turkish dishes, the meze, a table piled high with scrumptious treats. Throw away the menu, order a plate of everything and feast till you can’t go on. Afiyet olsun!