Short Haul, Wide Body | Emirates 777-300ER Malta (LMML) - Larnaca (LCLK)

I recently found this route whilst looking at long haul flights! Seems like there’s quite a few airlines who use wide body aircraft on short haul routes in Europe!

Not much in the way of scenery today. Apart from a few islands, the majority of the flight was over water.

Route: LMML 🇲🇹 - LCLK 🇨🇾
Aircraft: Emirates 777-300ER
Server: Training
Flight time: 2 Hours

Departure Runway 31

Climbing away from Malta!

The beautiful island of Crete 🇬🇷

Turning towards Runway 22

50…40…30…20…10

Enjoy! 😁

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Is this an real Emirates route!? If so then thats awesome, nice shots

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It is indeed! You can go on and book it now. All 3 classes are available! I was very surprised to see the number of airlines using wide bodies on short haul routes 😁

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I remember the EK B777 when I was in Malta 2014, such a big aircraft for the airport and also a very odd/interesting fifth-freedom route.

Great pictures, and also a very well visible Chania airport. Thanks for sharing!

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Yes, it almost seems too big for the airport in a way! Definitely an interesting flight though. Well worth it for a few hours. Thanks for taking the time to look 😆

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No problem at all. If I remember correctly they couldn’t even use the stands close to the terminal building after all. One of the coolest fifth freedom routes as your pictures show!

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Really awesome route! One I’m going to look at flying in real life. Makes a change to fly a larger aircraft as well.

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