A few years in the past, I wrote about how there was discuss of Emirates doubtlessly launching a brand new route between Miami and Bogota. It’s now being reported Emirates is requesting permission with Colombian authorities to launch this route… this could be ridiculously thrilling!
Emirates might provide fifth freedom flight to Colombia
For some background, in December 2021, ICAO’s Air Service Negotiation Occasion happened in Bogota, Colombia. In keeping with Colombia’s Civil Aviation Authority, Aeronáutica Civil, one of the necessary issues to come back from this was a brand new settlement with the UAE:
“One of the vital necessary outcomes for Colombia was strengthening the business actions with the UAE, opening the opportunity of new passenger companies, connecting the nation by way of Miami.”
In keeping with the settlement, UAE carriers (together with Emirates and Etihad) would initially be allowed to fly to Bogota by way of Miami seven instances per week, and that could possibly be elevated to a number of each day frequencies after a yr. Emirates has traditionally operated a cargo route between Miami and Bogota, so this could clearly be about additionally providing passenger service available in the market.
The factor is, we hadn’t heard a lot about this route up to now couple of years… till now. Emirates has reportedly filed with Colombia’s Civil Aviation Authority, requesting permission to launch a fifth freedom flight between Miami and Bogota. The airline intends to make use of a 777-200LR or 777-300ER. Please, please, please let or not it’s a 777-300ER, in order that there’s top notch. 😉
May a Miami to Bogota route on Emirates make sense?
I can undoubtedly see why Emirates would launch this route, and I’m extremely excited on the prospect of this. Sure, it’s a bit “on the market,” however it provides up:
- Emirates already flies between Dubai and Miami, and the provider’s 777 sits on the bottom in Miami for over 10 hours day by day, so including this route might primarily simply be a means for this plane to move time whereas it’s parked on the bottom for therefore lengthy
- There’s large cargo demand between Miami and Bogota; so when you think about the cargo capability of a passenger model of the 777, that alone might make this route fairly near breakeven
- Emirates already operates a number of fifth freedom flights to the Americas, together with Athens to Newark, Milan to New York, and Barcelona to Mexico Metropolis, so the idea of this isn’t out of character for the airline
Emirates would have fifth freedom rights between the USA and Colombia, and I might see this route being common with passengers touring between the 2 cities. On the identical time, this nonetheless doesn’t appear to be probably the most environment friendly solution to journey between Bogota and Dubai (and past):
- Bogota and Dubai are 8,478 miles aside, and routing by way of Miami would cowl a distance of 9,352 miles, in order that’s fairly a detour
- If the aim is to be as environment friendly as potential, it appears way more logical for Avianca and Emirates to determine a codeshare settlement or different partnership, the place Avianca would carry passengers from Bogota to Madrid, and Emirates would carry passengers from Madrid to Dubai, as that routing would cowl a distance of simply 8,508 miles (30 miles above the direct air distance)
- There’s additionally the overall situation of utilizing the USA as a transit hub; the USA doesn’t provide sterile worldwide transit, which means passengers touring between Bogota and Dubai would want a visa to enter the US, would want to clear immigration and choose up baggage in Miami, and so forth.
One factor is for certain — as a Miami resident I’d love to have the ability to fly Emirates top notch between Miami and Bogota. 😉
Backside line
A few years in the past, Emirates gained the rights to function flights to Bogota by way of Miami. There at the moment are studies that the airline has requested permission with authorities in Colombia to launch this route.
After all I’m biased since I dwell in Miami, however I’d like to see this route (c’mon Emirates, pop the Dom Perignon, let’s do that!). I also can see how this route would make sense, provided that Emirates’ 777 at present sits on the bottom in Miami for therefore many hours day by day, and cargo demand between Miami and Bogota is totally huge, to the purpose that a number of cargo airways continuously function this route.
What do you make of the prospect of an Emirates flight from Miami to Bogota?
