Daily Times

KARACHI: Emirates passengers in Pakistan, who are looking to explore the airline’s network of American destinations, can now have dozens of options with the Americas Pass.

With one combined ticket, Pakistani travellers flying to any of Emirates’ 10 US destinations via Dubai can connect to over 90 cities across the USA, Canada and Latin America through Emirates’ five partner airlines: Jet Blue, Alaska Airlines, Virgin America, WestJet Airlines and Porter Airlines.

The Americas Pass would allow the customers in Pakistan to enjoy competitive fares starting from $99 per flight sector within the USA. The pass would also come with a generous baggage allowance on all internal flights, adopting Emirates’ two-piece policy for flights in Canada, North or South America as well as no minimum stay requirement.

Emirates Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) Thierry Antinori said, “Emirates’ Americas Pass gives our Pakistani passengers something we have never offered before, which includes freedom to explore two continents with a single ticket in conjunction with a long haul Emirates trip. From Vancouver, Canada to San Juan, Puerto Rico to San Diego, USA and hundreds of destinations in between, the passengers can experience a range of cities, sights and events with ease and flexibility, as well as visiting friends and relatives.”

Through Emirates local office or with the help of a travel agent, the customers in Pakistan can now simply look at the destination list, browse a variety of options and select the best route to match their itineraries.

Emirates has been serving the US since its launching services to New York in 2004 and has carried over nine million passenger in the past decade. The airline currently flies to nine US gateways – Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Washington and New York, and operates a trans-Atlantic route between JFK and Milan. Emirates runs a freighter service to Atlanta and will launch services to Orlando (MCO) in September. Pakistani travellers can avail Emirates’ services to the US via the airline’s hub, Dubai