Emirates is preparing for a busy travel season for Eid al-Fitr by introducing an additional 17 flights to various destinations in the Middle East and GCC from March 26 to April 6.
This year, more than 371,000 travelers are anticipated to fly with the airline during the Eid al-Fitr holiday from across the region, with extra flights scheduled for Jeddah, Kuwait, Dammam, and Amman. The expanded flight timetable provides customers traveling home or those wishing to explore new destinations with greater opportunities to reunite, celebrate with family and friends, or enjoy leisure getaways.
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Additional flights to popular destinations
Emirates will be adding six flights to and from Amman and another five flights between Dammam and Dubai. The airline will also increase its services with an extra four flights from Jeddah, while the flight schedule from Kuwait will include two more services. These additional options allow for more flexibility to travel to Dubai—a favored Eid destination—and beyond to popular spots in Thailand like Bangkok and Phuket, the U.K., gateways across the U.S, South Africa, and to visit family and friends in cities such as Mumbai, Karachi, and Cairo, among many others.
In keeping with its heritage and Eid traditions, Emirates will be offering a special Eid menu across all travel classes on select flights to and from Dubai.
Passengers traveling during Eid will also enjoy a wide array of entertainment options on ice, which boasts more than 6,500 channels of on-demand content and over 2,000 international movies, including 80 Arabic films.
