EMIRATES AIRLINES NOW INCREASES ITS FLIGHTS TO 28 PER WEEK BETWEEN DUBAI AND KL

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FYI, EMIRATES NOW FLIES 28 TIMES WEEKLY BETWEEN DUBAI AND KL! AND THEN TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.

Now you can fly what is generally accepted as the best and most luxurious airline in the world more often!

EMIRATES INCREASES FLIGHTS BETWEEN DUBAI & KUALA LUMPUR TO 28 TIMES WEEKLY

Emirates Airline enhances links between Dubai and Kuala Lumpur with yet another increase in flight frequency

Starting 1^st April, Emirates Airline, one of the world’s fastest growing airlines, will offer more connectivity to its passengers flying the Dubai-KL route by offering 28 flights weekly between the two destinations, adding 1,659 seats per week for the route.

The increased additional flights between the two hubs will serve to not only boost inbound and outbound tourism, but will also cement the solid UAE-Malaysia trade relations with the 56 tonnes increase in cargo capacity per week.

From Dubai, passengers can now look forward to an additional flight daily to Kuala Lumpur which will be served by flight EK344. The Airbus A330-200 will depart Dubai at 9.35pm (local time), arriving in Kuala Lumpur at 8.55am the following day. The return flight, EK345 departs Kuala Lumpur at 10.30am arriving in Dubai at 1.30pm (local time).

Kavin Martinus, Country Manager for Emirates in Malaysia said, “We have grown by leaps and bounds in this market since we first started serving the route back in 1996. In the past four years alone, we have seen increasingly strong demands for flights between Kuala Lumpur and Dubai from business and leisure travelers alike. This latest frequency increase would certainly benefit customers, stakeholders and the business while at the same time boost the Malaysian tourism sector which is a testament of Malaysia’s role in Emirates’ Far East Network.”

Emirates has enjoyed remarkable growth in Malaysia having undergone four frequency increases in just four years. Recently, on 7^th February, Emirates began flying 26 times a week on the Dubai-KL route. In December 2012, flights on the route were increased to 25 times a week. Prior to that, the number of flights was 21 flights a week, a jump from the 14 weekly flights in 2009.

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About Emirates and Malaysia:

Emirates (www.emirates.com/my), one of the fastest growing international airlines, connects Kuala Lumpur to its Dubai hub with 28 weekly flights. Serving 129 destinations in 75 countries, the airline reported a net profit of US$ 575 million for the first six months of its current fiscal year ending 30th September 2012. Emirates operates 197 wide-body Airbus and Boeing aircraft including the world’s largest fleet of A380s and has orders for an additional 202 aircraft, worth nearly USD$73 billion. Emirates’ partnership with Malaysia began in October 1996 when it launched flights to Kuala Lumpur and it stimulates trade between the country and points across its network. From April 2013, Emirates will have a weekly cargo capacity of 364 tonnes each way in the belly-hold of the passenger aircraft serving the route. Apart from achieving significant growth in the Malaysian market with four frequency increases within the last four years, Emirates also marked a historical milestone in Malaysia on January 1st, 2012 by becoming the first airline to operate a scheduled Airbus A380 service into KLIA. Emirates has also been the Official Airline of the Maybank Malaysian Open, a prestigious golfing event, for eight consecutive years.