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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 17 AUGUST 2016 17 Events Emirates adds Guangzhou to its global list of A380 destinations EMIRATES, voted the World's best airline 2016 at the Skyt- rax World airline awards, an- nounced that it will operate its f lagship A380 on services be- tween Dubai and Guangzhou from 1st October 2016, the 67th national day of People's Repub- lic of China. This follows the airline's recent announcements of A380 deployment on its Mi- lan and Johannesburg routes. Guangzhou will join more than 40 destinations on Emir- ates' extensive global network served by its highly popular A380 aircraft, including Bei- jing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei, London, Paris, Sydney, Toronto, Auckland, Bangkok, and Seoul. Since the route's inaugura- tion in 2008, Emirates has been f lying a two-class Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on its daily f lights between Guangzhou and Dubai, and the airline has seen steady growth for its service on the route. Once the A380 service commences, it will in- crease capacity by 15% to meet the growing travel and trade de- mand from Southern China to Dubai and beyond. Emirates will deploy its three- class A380 on the Guangzhou route, offering a total of 491 seats, with 14 private suites in first class, 76 mini pods with lie-f lat seats in business class and 401 spacious seats in econ- omy class. Flight EK362 will de- part Dubai at 10:20am and ar- rive in Guangzhou at 22:05. The return f light, EK363, will depart Guangzhou at 12:15am and ar- rive in Dubai at 03:50. Emirates was named the World's Best Airline 2016 and the airline with the World's Best Inf light Entertainment at the prestigious Skytrax world air- line awards recently. All Emir- ates customers travelling on the A380 can access more than 2,500 channels of on demand audio and visual entertainment, which includes Chinese content on its ice entertainment system, featuring the latest movies, mu- sic, TV programmes, podcasts and games, as well as free Wi-Fi to stay in touch with family and friends during f lights. In addition, first class and business class customers can comfortably socialise or relax in the renowned onboard lounge on the upper deck of the Emir- ates A380. Emirates EK362/363 offers first class customers the exclusive service of the on-board shower spas during f lights, which makes Emirates the only airline in the Guang- zhou market offering this pre- mium customer product on an A380. The double-decker A380 is the world's largest commercial aircraft in service, and it is ex- tremely popular with travellers around the globe, with its spa- cious and quiet cabins. Emirates is the world's largest operator of A380s, with 81 currently in its f leet and a further 61 on order. Guangzhou will be the third destination in Mainland China for Emirates to deploy its f lag- ship aircraft, after Beijing and Shanghai. Emirates currently operates f lights to five desti- nations in mainland China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Yinchuan and Zhengzhou, connecting Chi- nese travellers to Dubai, and onwards to more than 150 des- tinations around the globe. Emirates operates daily sched- uled f lights between Malta and Dubai on Boeing 777-300 aircraft. Emirates f lies twice weekly to Malta, on Mondays and Wednesdays, via Larnaca in Cyprus, and on Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays the airline oper- ates the Dubai - Malta route on a circular routing via Tunis in Tunisia. The return f light f lies direct from Malta to Dubai. Emirates will deploy its three-class A380 on the Guangzhou route starting 1st Oct 2016 GO opens new outlet in Paola THE locality of Paola has wel- comed the opening of a new styl- ish GO outlet. Situated conveni- ently at the heart of the locality, the new outlet allows customers to explore various GO products and services whilst being served. "Building on the positive feed- back we received from customers at our PAMA outlet in Mosta, we wanted to extend this immersive customer experience to our new outlet," Sandro Gauci – Senior Manager of Consumer Sales at GO said. "Presented in a fresh modern design that ref lects the com- pany's branding renovation, the new Paola outlet showcases GO's latest products and gives cus- tomers the opportunity to ex- plore GO's communications and entertainment services." GO's Paola outlet is open Mon- day to Friday from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm and Saturdays from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. For more infor- mation, visit go.com.mt or call the GO freephone number on 8007 2121. GO celebrating the opening of its new outlet in Paola Marlene competition names Helen Bondin a winner THE Win!Marlene competition has come to a close, naming Hel- en Bondin as the winner of a new Honda SH125i scooter. The final super prize, the innovative AUDI A3 Sportback e-tron was won by a lucky Marlene customer from Madrid in Spain. Marlene is one of Malta's fa- vourite apple brands and Bondin has discovered the Italian alpine apples are not only crunchy and tasty but also rewarding, as she has won the third of four Honda scooters in the latest Win!Marlene competition. Bondin was presented with the prize at local Marlene repre- sentative PlanetFruit by Pauline Agius from Star Fruit who ex- plained during the prize-giving that close to a million codes had been played in the international Win!Marlene competition. Marlene has become an iconic brand from the South Tyrol, as well as being the number one Italian brand in the production and varieties of apples. Crunchy and juicy, red, yellow or green, Marlene offers the right apple for every taste. Marlene prod- ucts are checked one-by-one and grown according to exacting production standards; handled with great care and passion, and with the utmost respect for the environment. Furthermore, all of the varieties of Marlene apples have the PGI seal which means Protected Geographic Indica- tion, certif ying their origin from the South Tyrol. Marlene was established with the aim of promoting apples from the South Tyrol in the Ital- ian Alps under a single brand name, using the strong points of the brand: the great purity of the apples, grown at high altitude in an unspoilt region, as is the case of the South Tyrol, and their con- stant freshness from the orchard to the shop. In short, guaranteed and superior quality compared with other apple varieties. There's more good news in store for Marlene fans. The first Marlene Gala are harvested now and will be on the Maltese shelves towards the end of Au- gust. The latest news from the skilled Marlene growers is that this year's crop are particularly crunchy due to the excellent weather-conditions they have grown in. A new Marlene com- petition is planned to launch in January 2017 after seeing so many happy Marlene customers with their prizes. For further information call 99685191 or visit www.marlene.it Win!Marlene competition winner Mrs. Helen Bondin who won a Honda scooter; Pauline Agius from Star Fruit presented the keys to the winner flanked by brand marketing agency Director Marcus Ward from Ogilvy