Emirates Airlines has introduced special fares for its economy class customers as a way of welcoming the year 2013.
The special fares apply to more than 120 destinations across the Emirates’ network when booked between December 26, 2012 and January 10, 2013 for travel from January 18 to June 10, 2013.
The economy class deals, currently available for early bookers, offer customers who either wish to spend more time with their families and friends or to visit their dream destinations the chance to do so.
Thierry Antinori, Emirates' Executive Vice President, Passenger Sales Worldwide, in a statement released on Friday said: "With our excellent on board products and a long list of exciting destinations - from Buenos Aires and San Francisco in the west to Tokyo and Auckland in the east – there are already many reasons to experience Emirates.
"Now, we are injecting even more value into Economy Class fares while giving a warm welcome to 2013. We urge customers to move quickly to secure seats at the best price".
The statement said the raft of savings meant that passengers could fly Economy Class, for example, from Accra to other GCC and Middle East destinations for as little as 998 dollars.
Economy Class from Accra to Dubai starts at 1148 dollars, prices to India and South Asia start at 1,138 dollars while those for South East Asia start at 1,679 dollars. Fares to China, Japan and South Korea start from 1,115 dollars.
Emirates' world has grown rapidly in 2012, with the launch of 15 new destinations; bringing new countries, cultures and experiences for customers to explore.
The list of new points began with Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires on 3rd January 2012 and includes Dublin, Dallas Fort Worth, Seattle, Lusaka, Harare, Ho Chi Minh City, Barcelona, Lisbon, Erbil, Washington DC and Adelaide. Services to Lyon and Phuket started earlier this month.
Emirates, now flying under the banner of "Hello Tomorrow," operates an impressive, fuel-efficient fleet of 194 aircrafts, including the world's largest fleet of double-decker A380s.
"Customers taking advantage of the special 2013 fares now have even more chance of flying on the airline's flagship A380 with the introduction of a double daily A380 service to New York and Paris effective 1st January 2013," the statement said.
This follows from an all-A380 service to London Heathrow effective December 10, 2012, the launch of the A380 to Singapore and Moscow from December 1, 2012 and A380 flights to Melbourne from November 1, 2012. In all, Emirates' 31-strong A380 fleet reaches 21 destinations.
"With more than 130 nationalities of highly-trained cabin crew, Emirates’ on-board service is known the world over. Customers can relish the superb gourmet chef-prepared on-board cuisine and lose themselves in the enthralling in-flight entertainment, offering up to 1,400 channels of movies, television programmes, music and games.
"Emirates also takes the worry out of doing a little shopping by offering Economy Class passengers a generous luggage allowance of 30kg," the statement said.
In 2013, Emirates' ambitious expansion plans would be supported by the opening of the world's first purpose-built A380 concourse in Dubai.