Emirates has announced it plans to launch a second daily service from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) from 1 July 2016. The second Los Angeles flight will be operated with an Emirates’ A380-800ULR aircraft.

“Our existing service provides US$677 million in annual economic benefit to LA and the surrounding area, contributes over US$270 million in annual spending by visitors and helps to support nearly 6,000 US jobs,” said Hubert Frach, Emirates divisional senior VP, commercial operations, west. “So our additional service to LAX not only doubles our capacity to meet demand for our award winning service, but also increases our positive economic impact to the Los Angeles area.”

Los Angeles is one of the largest manufacturing centres in the western US with fruits and vegetables accounting for the largest portion of Emirates’ cargo exports out of Los Angeles, transported both in the belly hold of the airline’s A380 aircraft, as well as through two  B777-200F freighters each week. The vast majority of these exports are transported to Dubai and Kuwait. Emirates also facilitates transport of garments, automobiles, machinery, and agricultural cargo to the Middle East, as well as medical equipment to Mumbai.