Summary
- Emirates renews its long-term partnership with America’s Cup champions, Emirates Team Latest Zealand, for the thirty seventh edition in 2024.
- Emirates has been the naming sponsor of the team since 2004 and can proceed because the team’s lead sponsor and official airline.
- With every day flights to Auckland and Christchurch, Emirates demonstrates its commitment to the Latest Zealand market and has transported over 16 million passengers between Dubai and Latest Zealand previously 20 years.
Dubai-based Emirates has renewed its partnership with the present America’s Cup champions, The Emirates Team Latest Zealand, thus continuing the airline’s long-term commitment to the sailing team, which has spanned for nearly 20 years now. This renewal in partnership, complements the airline’s presence and services to the important thing Latest Zealand market throughout the Emirates route network.
Longstanding ties
Emirates Airlines isn’t any stranger to maintaining excellent relations with among the world’s best teams across various sporting events. As such, it isn’t any surprise that the airline has decided to retain its 19-year-old partnership with the reigning champions of the America’s Cup.
Since 2004, Emirates has been the naming sponsor of the team, and the renewal of the partnership will see the carrier proceed because the lead sponsor of the Emirates Team Latest Zealand and can carry the designation – “Official Airline and Carrier of Emirates Team Latest Zealand”.
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After a spectacular victory in 2021, in the course of the thirty sixth edition of the America’s Cup (on the house turf of Auckland, for that matter), the airline will now be alongside the team because it defends its champion’s title in the course of the thirty seventh edition of the Cup in 2024, which is able to happen in Barcelona, Spain.
The Divisional Senior Vice President for Corporate Communications and Marketing & Brand for Emirates, Boutros Boutros, said,
“Since 2004, we’ve been on a memorable voyage with Emirates Team Latest Zealand, and we’re delighted to announce our continued support as they defend their reigning championship on the thirty seventh America’s Cup.
“Emirates Team Latest Zealand shares DNA with the airline in its ambitious pursuit of innovation and self-improvement and it’s a relationship that’s endured challenges and delivered results, so extending it was a straightforward decision for us. We also hope that as we move closer to the Americas Cup, the incredible talent, ground-breaking sailing technology, and historic rivalries amongst the various teams will broaden the game’s appeal to more audiences worldwide.”
Latest Zealand – a key market
With Emirates serving two of the main destinations inside Latest Zealand, Auckland and Christchurch, the airline, throughout the years, has demonstrated its commitment towards the country.
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The airline recently celebrated its twentieth anniversary of serving Auckland, and over the past 20 years, the carrier has transported over 16 million passengers between Dubai and Latest Zealand.
Emirates serves each cities in Latest Zealand on a every day frequency, using the Airbus A380. While Auckland is served with a direct flight, the longest within the Emirates route network, the town of Christchurch is served via Sydney, thus making it the one Trans-Tasman service operated by the A380. One other aspect of the Emirates services to Latest Zealand is that it’s the only region on its route network; the carrier serves exclusively with the airline’s highly popular, Premium Economy-equipped A380s.
Moreover, Emirates also operates SkyCargo flights to Latest Zealand and played a critical role in keeping the country connected in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic and transported around 17,700 tonnes of life-saving vaccines and other necessary medical supplies into the country.
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Though, in the intervening time, the airline only serves Latest Zealand with two every day flights, Emirates passengers can still access various itineraries to Latest Zealand with the airline’s Australian codeshare partners, Qantas, which may offer further connections to Latest Zealand from Emirates destinations in Australia comparable to Sydney or Melbourne.
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