Dubai: Emirates airline is ramping up capacity and flight services for the upcoming ‘Northern Summer’ schedule, which launches March 26. It comes after the Dubai carrier put in a 31 per cent increase in operations – based on Available Seat Kilometers – since the start of its current financial year in April 2022.

“Our financial year started relatively quietly as we held back our ramp up until the planned northern runway rehabilitation program at Dubai International airport was completed in June,” said Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ Chief Commercial Officer. “From July 2022 onwards, it’s been non-stop expansion."

That means established routes to Europe, Australia and Africa will be served with more flights, while in East Asia, more cities will see route restarts.

In recent months, the airline reintroduced services to five cities, launched flights to one new destination (Tel Aviv), and added 251 weekly flights onto existing routes.

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