Dubai-based airline Emirates is planning to launch a new daily service from Dubai to Auckland, New Zealand, through the island of Bali in Indonesia.

Starting from June, the new service complements Emirates’ existing non-stop daily service between Dubai and Auckland and its daily A380 service between Dubai and Christchurch through Sydney. Emirates is set to offer a total of three daily services to New Zealand to global travellers.

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The airline’s two existing daily services are currently operated by a Boeing 777 300-ER in a two-class configuration.

Emirates Airline president Sir Tim Clark said: “We are confident that our year-round service between Auckland and Bali will be well-received by our customers, not only in New Zealand and Indonesia, but also from our global network particularly from markets like the UK, Europe, and the Middle East.”

The new service is expected to provide better connections for London and other major European cities.

“Bali continues to grow as a popular holiday destination for Kiwis, who can now fly there non-stop, year-round.”

The EK 450 southbound flight will depart Dubai at 06.55, arriving at Denpasar, Bali, at 20.20 local time, before flying to Auckland at 22.00.

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The northbound service will depart Auckland as flight EK 451 at 12.40, arriving in Denpasar at 17.55 local time and will depart Denpasar at 19.50, landing in Dubai at 00.45.

Welcoming Emirates’ announcement Auckland Airport aeronautical commercial general manager Scott Tasker said that the new service will add more than 250,000 seats to the route.

Tasker added: “Bali continues to grow as a popular holiday destination for Kiwis, who can now fly there non-stop, year-round. Additionally, this new service provides an option for European travellers to stopover in Bali when flying to and from New Zealand.”

The new service is also set to provide 20t of cargo capacity between New Zealand, Bali and Dubai.