Emirates goes daily to Al Medinah al Munawarah

Emirates will increase flights to Al Medinah al Munawarah to seven  per week from 31st October.

The new services will bring the total number of flights to Saudi Arabia to 28 per week through its four gateways, increasing capacity to the Kingdom by 15 percent.

“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 will continue to work closely with the Saudi Authorities to implement additional services,”

He added: “This daily service will offer our customers in the Kingdom even more choice, helping to connect both business and leisure travellers not only to Dubai but also our extensive worldwide network. There is significant demand for travel in and out of Al Medinah al Munawarah from across our network and we are confident that these new flights will be well received by our customers.”

The service is operated by an Airbus A330-200 aircraft, offering 12 seats in First class, 42 seats in Business Class and 183 seats in Economy.