2013 SEPTEMBER Vol. 5 / No. 9 /
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Specialist aircraft leasing
Tel: +27 (0)11 395 4473
www.cemair.co.za
www.flycemair.co.za
We give our customers
the peace of mind of being
able to rely on first world
aviation standards in third
world environments.
At
Cem
Air
we offer high quality turbine aircraft to a variety
of operators throughout Africa and the Middel East, both as
a leasing company and as an operator. Focusing on safety,
reliability and quality, we offer resource companies, premium
airline operators and humanitarian organisations the ability to
go further and faster into almost any part of the continent.
Now based at OR Tambo International Airport, South
Africa, we are ideally positioned to provide the best
support to our clients. With extensive experience with
the variety of challenges the continent offers, we are able
to understand your requirements and meet them in this
rapidly changing environment.
We now also offer regular flights to the
Northern Cape and Limpopo!
York, Amsterdam, London, HR
London, GW Manchester, Hong
Kong, Sydney, Bangkok, and
Frankfurt all from Dubai.
The Emirates version seats
a maximum of 490 seats in a
mixed class configuration and is
powered by the GP engines. The
aircraft disembarks from both
main decks simultaneously.
Emirates have a total of 90
A380s on order and 35 in service
right now. They have the Largest
fleet worldwide and were the
first airline to order the A380.
In Emirates service the
Airbus flagship has flown more
than 18 million passengers since
August 1 2008 when the airline
operated its first scheduled A380
flight from Dubai to New York.
Over the five years of
operation, more than 35 million
meals have been served during
20,000 trips, spanning 265
million kilometres. In all, 37
airports have been visited, either
for scheduled flights, one-off
special appearances or because
of diversions. Today Emirates
operates scheduled services to
21 destinations using the A380.
The A380's longest non-stop
route on the Emirates' network
is Dubai to New York, covering
11,023km during a flight of
13 hours and 26 minutes. The
One of ten Bombardier CRJ 200s operated by South African Express, ZS-NMN, is pictured sporting a new colour scheme to cel-
ebrate the recent inauguration of the direct flight linking Durban in KwaZulu-Natal province to Harare, Zimbabwe. The airline
also operates five CRJ 700s and nine Bombardier Q400s - Clinton Barnard.
shortest A380 route is between
Hong Kong and Bangkok a
distance of 1,900km with a flying
time of two hours 20 minutes.
In the coming months the A380
network will be extended to
Brisbane (October 1), Los
Angeles, Mauritius and Zurich.
More than 7,000 cabin crew
support a fleet of 35 A380s,
along with nearly 670 flight deck
crew, numbers set to increase
as the airline takes delivery of
another 55 of the aircraft.
In January 2013 Emirates
opened a concourse at its
Dubai hub dedicated to A380
operations. The concourse, part
of Terminal 3, comprises 20
A380-capable contact gates.
"Five swift years have gone by
since Emirates changed the face
of air travel with this remarkable
aircraft," said Emirates' president
Tim Clark. "Its popularity is
now firmly rooted across our six
continent network, while our
customers continue to enthuse
about our onboard product;
the overall quietness of this
huge aircraft, a unique sense of
spaciousness in economy class,
mini-pod lie-flat seats in business
class and the sanctuary of private
suites in first class with access
to two onboard shower spas." ·