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Emirates Airline starts FLL service

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) hit a major milestone Thursday with the arrival of the first daily Emirates Airline flight from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Water cannons from airport fire trucks greeted the Boeing 777-200LR aircraft as it landed and taxied up to terminal four at 10:40 a.m. on Thursday.

The flights are expected to foster travel and business flights to not only the Middle East, but Europe, Africa and Asia.

“Emirates is a premier airline that serves 154 destinations in 82 countries across six continents,” said Mark Gale, FLL’s CEO and director of aviation for Broward County. “We are now connected to the world through FLL like never before. This is a game changer.”

Gale said the flights’ economic impact has been estimated at nearly $105 million annually and help support 1,000 existing and new jobs.

Broward County Mayor Barbara Sharief said Emirates is helping make FLL a truly international airport and repeated a quip that she overheard: “FLL had scooped Miami” by adding the service.

Hubert Frach, Emirates senior VP of western operations, said the initial flight was 80 percent full and the airline has strong bookings in the holiday season.

Emirates says travelers from FLL will have rapid connections in Dubai to cities such as Bangkok, Phuket, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Amman, Bahrain, Beirut, Dammam, Doha, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Islamabad and Lahore.

Emirates also had a code sharing agreement with Jet Blue, which has been rapidly expanding its hub at FLL.

Emirates’ daily flight EK214 will depart FLL at 8:20 p.m. and arrive in Dubai (DXB) at 7:40 p.m. the following day, with a flying time of 14 hours and 20 minutes. The return flight, EK213, will depart at 3 a.m. Dubai local time and arrive at FLL at 10:25 a.m.

Dubai is a major global tourism and business center with attractions such as Jumeirah Islands, an aquarium, an indoor mall with a ski slope and the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building at 2,717 feet.

Emirate’s Fort Lauderdale services has eight private first class suites, 42 business class lie-flat beds and 216 economy class seats. Emirates was ranked the world’s best airline in the 2016 Skytrax Awards.

The first class private suites come equipped with a sliding door for privacy, a minibar, adjustable lighting, a vanity table, a mirror and wardrobe. The suite seats convert to a fully flat bed with a mattress. Adjacent seats can be combined by the lowering of a privacy divider.

Business class seats include a 20-inch TV screen.

Emirates’ inflight entertainment system offers more than 2,500 channels of on-demand entertainment at every seat. The Skytrax awards ranked Emirates first in this category.

Passengers also have access to Emirate’s AeroMobile system, which allows use of personal cell phones to make phone calls and exchange text messages.

The airline is also known for regionally inspired dishes, complimentary wines and children’s menus and activities. First class and business class passengers may travel to and from airports via Emirates complimentary chauffeur-driven service.

Emirates has carried more than 14 million passengers on U.S. flights since launching services to New York in 2004. The airline currently serves 11 U.S. gateways – FLL, Orlando (MCO), Chicago (ORD), Boston (BOS), San Francisco (SFO), Los Angeles (LAX), Seattle (SEA), Dallas (DFW), Houston (IAH), Washington (IAD) and New York (JFK), as well as operating a trans-Atlantic route between JFK and Milan and freighter services to Atlanta and Columbus. Emirates SkyCargo transports up to 650 tons of U.S. exports each week – including auto parts from New York, apples and cherries from Seattle, and oil and gas equipment from Houston.

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Drew Limsky joined Lifestyle Media Group in August 2020 as Editor-in-Chief of South Florida Business & Wealth. His first issue of SFBW, October 2020, heralded a reimagined structure, with new content categories and a slew of fresh visual themes. “As sort of a cross between Forbes and Robb Report, with a dash of GQ and Vogue,” Limsky says, “SFBW reflects South Florida’s increasingly sophisticated and dynamic business and cultural landscape.”

Limsky, an avid traveler, swimmer and film buff who holds a law degree and Ph.D. from New York University, likes to say, “I’m a doctor, but I can’t operate—except on your brand.” He wrote his dissertation on the nonfiction work of Joan Didion. Prior to that, Limsky received his B.A. in English, summa cum laude, from Emory University and earned his M.A. in literature at American University in connection with a Masters Scholar Award fellowship.

Limsky came to SFBW at the apex of a storied career in journalism and publishing that includes six previous lead editorial roles, including for some of the world’s best-known brands. He served as global editor-in-chief of Lexus magazine, founding editor-in-chief of custom lifestyle magazines for Cadillac and Holland America Line, and was the founding editor-in-chief of Modern Luxury Interiors South Florida. He also was the executive editor for B2B magazines for Acura and Honda Financial Services, and he served as travel editor for Conde Nast. Magazines under Limsky’s editorship have garnered more than 75 industry awards.

He has also written for many of the country’s top newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, USA Today, Worth, Robb Report, Afar, Time Out New York, National Geographic Traveler, Men’s Journal, Ritz-Carlton, Elite Traveler, Florida Design, Metropolis and Architectural Digest Mexico. His other clients have included Four Seasons, Acqualina Resort & Residences, Yahoo!, American Airlines, Wynn, Douglas Elliman and Corcoran. As an adjunct assistant professor, Limsky has taught journalism, film and creative writing at the City University of New York, Pace University, American University and other colleges.