Emirates will increase services to Al Medinah al Munawarah to seven flights per week from October 31 underscoring the important economic and cultural ties between the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
The airline remains committed to the kingdom with a total of 25 flights per week operating through its four gateways and the three new services will bring the number to 28 flights per week as well as increasing additional capacity to the Kingdom by 15 per cent.
'Saudi Arabia is an important market for Emirates and our new daily service to Al Medinah al Munawarah is key to our continued growth there,” said Ahmed Khoory, Emirates' senior vice president commercial operations, Gulf, Middle East and Iran.
“In the last two years we have increased operations to the kingdom from 17 to 25 weekly flights and we willcontinue to work closely with the Saudi authorities to implement additional services.'
From October 31 the seven weekly flights to Al Medinah al Munawarah will depart Dubai each day at 1.15am and will arrive in Al Medinah al Munawarah at 3.15am. On the return journey the flight will depart Al Medinah al Munawarrah at 4.45am, arriving in Dubai at 8.15am.
Emirates currently has four scheduled flights to the city departing on Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The service is operated by an Airbus A330-200 aircraft, offering 12 seats in first class, 42 seats in business and 183 seats in economy.