Lyon, Emirates third French gateway

Emirates has touched down in Lyon, celebrating the international airline's third destination in France and fourth new European destination since the start of 2012.

Serviced by an Airbus 340-500 in three cabin classes, Emirates' flights to Lyon will offer a total of 258 seats including; 12 First Class Suites, 42 seats in Business Class and 204 seats in Economy Class. The addition of this new Emirates service will see an overall capacity increase of 12 per cent in France, further boosting the airline's presence in this important international market.

The South East of France has been on Emirates' radar for some time. Lyon, as the second largest metropolitan area in France, is a strategically important market that is incredibly viable in terms of potential traffic flows through to the airlines' vast network of 49 destinations in the East, including ten points in India.

Feeding the underserviced Lyon region, Emirates is the first international carrier to provide direct services from Lyon to Dubai as well as key commercial hubs in the East, an important link for facilitating new trade opportunities. Business traffic to and from Lyon is expected to have a strong tie to the city's banking, pharmaceutical and biotech industries which have helped to make the Rhone-Alps region, which Lyon is the capital of, the sixth largest economy in Europe.

For the leisure traveller, Emirates' new flight to Lyon opens the doors to the city's highly lauded culinary delights. A significant number of Michelin-starred restaurants are housed in Lyon, testament to the city's moniker as the 'food capital of the world'.

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