Emirates expands flight schedules ahead of Eid Al Fitr

Dubai's flagship carrier Emirates on Thursday announced that it is expanding its schedules across the region with 19 additional flights.

This year, Emirates projects a substantial uptick in passenger traffic, with over 150,000 travellers expected to fly with the airline during Eid Al Fitr across the region. To meet the anticipated surge in demand, the airline boosted its services from Jeddah, Kuwait, Beirut, and Amman.

In Kuwait, Emirates will be layering on six extra flights between April 7 and 20, catering to the significant travel demand during that time to popular leisure gateways like Dubai, Bangkok, Osaka, as well as providing the opportunity for travellers to head home to Chennai, Hyderabad, Sialkot and Peshawar.

Emirates will add an extra seven flights to Jeddah from April 7 to 13. This will give passengers an opportunity to explore destinations like London, the Maldives, or visit family and friends in Colombo and Karachi.

Emirates’ flight schedule to Bahrain will also expand to 22 weekly flights starting May 2 to meet an increased demand for travel to and from the kingdom.

With families coming together to celebrate after the holy month, the airline will also be adding four additional flights onto Amman and two additional flights for Beirut scheduled to accommodate for more travellers.

On board the Middle Eastern flights, travellers will be treated to a specially crafted Eid menu for customers for flights departing from Dubai.

Favourites like chicken biryani and lamb kibbeh labanieh, machbous and vanilla and rose mousse cake will be served, among other savoury and sweet dishes.