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Dubai: Coinciding with the arrival of its first flight into Los Angeles on Sunday, October 26, senior Emirates executives hosted a media briefing to answer questions about the airline's third US gateway and latest route to join its global destination network.
Keith Longstaff, Emirates Divisional Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations Worldwide, was joined by Los Angeles' Director of International Trade Dario Gomez, Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners President Alan Rothenberg and from The Los Angeles Visitors and Convention Bureau, Carole Martinez to discuss the positive impact this new non-stop flight is expected to have on the greater Los Angeles area, including increased employment opportunities, gross contributions to the local economy and business growth.
The forum offered an opportunity for 40 members of the local media market plus nine journalists who arrived on the inaugural flight to ask questions about the airline, the new Los Angeles route, and the airline's most current updates including the new $4.5 billion Emirates Terminal 3 at Dubai International which opened its doors on October 14.
Longstaff said, "We are confident that Emirates' operations in Los Angeles will be successful, and we are already seeing strong demand in our forward bookings. On behalf of Emirates, I would like to thank the City of Los Angeles, the team at LAX, and all of our business partners in California for the warm welcome that we have received."
Rothenberg explained, "The Emirates start-of-service is a great beginning of what will be a new era in LAX's role as an international gateway. Emirates is the first airline to offer non-stop service between the US West Coast and the Middle East. The route opens a new destination for business and leisure travellers in the Gulf region, as well as enables travellers to reach every region of the world non-stop from LAX."
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