EMIRATES TO ADD TWO MORE FLIGHTS TO PESHAWAR

Five times a week service between Peshawar and Dubai

KARACHI, Pakistan- December 2012: With an already well established position in Pakistan, Emirates, one of the fastest growing international airlines, has announced an enhancement to its operations in the country. From 1st February 2013 the airline will operate an additional two frequencies to its present three weekly flights to Peshawar, to further facilitate and assist its growing customer base in the northern region of the country and add additional cargo capacity to the route.

The introduction of the additional flights will increase the weekly number of services to five, and will raise the total number of Emirates weekly flights to Pakistan to 56.

The first additional Emirates flight EK636 will depart from Dubai at 0225hrs every Wednesday and arrive in Peshawar at 0630hrs. The return journey from Peshawar, EK637 will depart for Dubai at 0810hrs the same day.

The second additional flight will operate on every Friday from Dubai to Peshawar as flight EK 636 landing at 0800hrs. The return flight, EK 637 will leave Peshawar at 0940hrs, arriving at 1205hrs in Dubai.

“Emirates has been serving Peshawar since 1998 and it has proven to be a very popular service with our passengers” said Mr. Khalid Bardan, Emirates’ Vice President, Pakistan. “The addition of these two services is in response to passenger demand and demonstrates our long-term commitment to Pakistan. We are confident that these additional flights will be immensely beneficial to travellers in the city, connecting them to Emirate’s global network, and for passengers from around the world wishing to visit and trade with the city through the additional benefit that the additional cargo capacity these extra flights will bring”.

The new flights will be serviced by Airbus A330-200 in a two-class configuration, offering customers the choice of the Emirates’ renowned Business Class and Economy Class cabins. In-flight benefits include access to our multi-lingual award-winning ice in-flight entertainment, communications and entertainment system available to all passengers and in-flight service from crew which speak over 120 languages.

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