Riyadh
goes from 17 to 28 flights a week, Jeddah jumps from 18 to 21 flights
and Dammam has received an extra six services, becoming 13 flights a
week. There will continue to be a daily flight to Al Medinah al
Munawarah. The changes will take the airline’s KSA flights to 69
per week.
“Stepping
up our presence in Saudi brings greater convenience to customers and
more opportunities to enjoy the world-renowned Emirates’
experience,” said Adil Al Ghaith, Emirates’ Vice President,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia & Bahrain. “This is not only good news
for travellers, it’s also good news for business. Travelling
executives have a wider variety of flights to choose from and
importers and exporters can benefit from extra cargo capacity on the
additional frequencies,” Mr Al Ghaith added.
Emirates
serves four gateways in Saudi Arabia; Al Medinah al Munawarah,
Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah, which is served by the airline’s Wi-Fi
equipped, flagship aircraft, the A380.
On
three days this month - 16th, 25th and 26th January - Emirates is
offering a triple daily A380 service to Jeddah to support school
holiday demand, while making it even easier to travel to the popular
Dubai Shopping Festival. The shopping bonanza runs from 3rd January
to 3rd February.
On
17th January, demand was such that a total of four Emirates’ A380s
were sent to Jeddah in one day.
“This
is the perfect aircraft in periods of high demand – two levels and
up to 527 seats. Saudi Arabia is becoming more and more prominent in
our A380 operations,” added Mr Al Ghaith.
In addition to
superb on-board service and an award winning in-flight entertainment
system, Emirates offers a generous baggage allowance of 30
kilogrammes in Economy Class, 40 kilogrammes in Business Class and 50
kilogrammes in First Class.
