Emirates adds extra flights, capacity to select destinations during Eid

Dubai : With Eid al-Fitr approaching and more travellers planning to take to the skies, Emirates is responding by offering more flights across seven cities in the GCC and Middle East. The airline is stepping up its schedule by adding 23 flights and layering on additional seats with the deployment of both A380s and Boeing 777s between April 28 and May 8 to the four cities it serves in KSA, as well as to Kuwait, Beirut, and Amman.
In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Emirates will be layering on two additional flights on May 2 and 8 to serve demand in and out of Riyadh. In Jeddah, the airline will add five flights served by its Boeing 777, and will be upgrading one of its existing flights to an A380, to become an all A380 operation. Medina will also be served with four additional flights during this time, and travellers from Dammam will also have the option of one extra flight on April 28 as they start their holidays.
Emirates will be operating eight additional flights to Kuwait, served by its Boeing 777 during Eid. Emirates will be layering on three flights served by its Boeing 777s to the airline's existing Beirut schedule. Amman flights served by the Boeing 777 will also be upgraded with higher seat capacities.
Keeping with Eid traditions, and providing a touch of Middle Eastern hospitality, the airline will be serving a specially crafted Eid menu for customers between May 2-5 for all GCC, Middle East and                      North Africa flights departing from and arriving to               Dubai.
Emirates operates three flights a day to Dhaka and provides convenient connections from Dubai for travel to nearly 130 destinations across the globe.