Emirates restarts flights to Mexico City

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Emirates Airline will resume four weekly services to Mexico City (MEX) via Barcelona (BCN) from July 2.

It will help boost trade and tourism while providing customers worldwide with more connectivity, convenience and choice.

Flight EK255 will depart Dubai at 03:25 hrs, arriving in Barcelona at 08:35 hrs before departing again at 10:50 hrs and arriving into Mexico City at 16:05 the same day.

The return flight EK256 will depart Mexico City at 19:40 hrs, arriving in Barcelona at 13:45 hrs the next day.

EK256 will depart once again from Barcelona the same day at 15:30 hrs bound for Dubai where it will arrive at 00:15 hrs the next day (all times are local).

The BCN-MEX route will be operated with a two-class Boeing 777-200LR.

The resumed service will serve Emirates' customers in Mexico and offer more choice to travellers heading from Europe, India, South East Asia and the Middle East via Dubai or Barcelona.

 

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