The inaugural flight was operated with a Boeing 777 aircraft, which will offer premium passenger services on its daily services to the city. Emirates now serves Canada with 14 flights per week.

 Emirates executives onboard included: Adnan Kazim, chief commercial officer; Salem Obaidalla, senior vice president of commercial operations - Americas; and David Broz, vice president aeropolitical and industry affairs.

 Flight EK243 arrived at Montréal Pierre Elliot Trudeau International Airport at 0830hrs local time on July 05 and was greeted with a procession of follow-me vehicles to the gate. Airport officials and representatives from the aviation authorities were present to witness the touchdown, which also drew interest from aviation fans and media excited to capture the inaugural flight’s landing in Québec.  

 On arrival, the VIP delegation travelling from Dubai were welcomed by Essa Sulaiman Ahmad, Emirates’ divisional vice president – US and Canada and Shaz Peshimam, Emirates’ country manager for Canada.