“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a major market for Emirates and its importance is reflected by the fact that we will now operate three flights per day to Jeddah with our popular A380 aircraft. This is tremendous news for both our business and leisure customers and highlights our commitment to providing travellers in Jeddah with not only the very latest in aircraft innovations but also increased connectivity,” said Sheikh Majid Al Mualla, Emirates’ Divisional Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations West.
The additional flights will operate on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, bringing the total number of weekly flights to Jeddah to 21.
Emirates flight EK801 will depart Dubai at 0140 and arrive in Jeddah at 0340 the same day. The return flight, EK802, will depart Jeddah at 0540 and arrive in Dubai at 0930 the same day.
Emirates’ First Class and Business Class passengers will also benefit from a complimentary chauffeured service to and from the airport, along with access to more than 35 dedicated Emirates Lounges around the world.
Passengers in all cabin classes have access to Wi-Fi, more than 2,000 channels of in-flight entertainment and gourmet-chef prepared meals, served by highly trained, multilingual cabin crew. Emirates’ customers also benefit from luggage allowances of 30 kg in economy class, 40 kg in business class and 50 kg in first class.
Emirates has been operating in The Kingdom for more than 26 years, first launching flights to Jeddah in 1989. The airline was the first to introduce an A380 into KSA by upgrading Jeddah to a double decker service in 2010. Today, Emirates serves KSA with 63 flights a week via four gateways; Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam and Al Medinah al Munawarah (Madinah). This will increase to 67 flights a week from 14 December with the additional services to Jeddah. All flights are non-stop to Dubai.