Dubai’s flagship airline Emirates will be expanding its schedule across the region with 19 additional flights during the upcoming Eid Al Fitr holiday period.
This year, more than 150,000 customers are expected to fly with the airline during Eid Al Fitr across the region, with additional flights planned from Jeddah, Kuwait, Beirut and Amman.
Emirates will add an extra seven flights to Jeddah from April 7 to April 13. The additional flights will provide Emirates customers with more flexibility to venture out to popular destinations like Dubai, London, the Maldives, or visit family and friends in Colombo and Karachi.
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’ flight schedule to Bahrain will also expand to 22 weekly flights starting May 2 to meet increased demand for travel to/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.
Heavy Eid Al Fitr rush
Emirates is expecting a high number of passenger departures from Dubai starting April 5 due to the upcoming Eid break.
Meanwhile, Dubai International (DXB), the world’s leading airport for international passenger traffic, is gearing up to welcome an estimated 3.6 million guests from April 2 to April 15, as the week-long Eid Al Fitr holiday coincides with the spring break.
During this period, the daily traffic is set to exceed 258,000 guests on average, with particularly busy weekends forecasted. Saturday, April 13, is expected to be the busiest day, with total guest numbers soaring to 292,000.
The airport has advised Emirates passengers to take advantage of the airline’s home, early and self check-in facilities, including city check-in options.
It has also urged flydubai passengers to arrive at least four hours prior to departure.
DXB surpassed the 2019 levels of traffic in 2023 by welcoming 87 million guests, and the initial forecast suggests the hub’s traffic will surpass 88.8 million guests in 2024. The airport is ranked as the world’s number one airport by international passenger numbers for 2022, as announced by the Airports Council International (ACI).
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