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Emirates Airline to add flights to Johannesburg

16 Jul 2014

(MENAFN) Emirates Airline plans to launch new daily flights between Dubai and Johannesburg, bringing total daily flights to South Africa to seven, according to Arabian Business.

The airline said that the addition boosts Emirates’ total number of scheduled flights between the two countries to 49 a week.

Orhan Abbas, Emirates senior vice president, Commercial Operations, Latin America, Central and Southern Africa, said: “We are introducing our fourth daily service between Dubai and Johannesburg to meet the growing passenger demand for flights between these two important business and tourism hubs.”

He added: “We have seen a healthy year-on-year increase in passenger numbers on the route, reflecting the steady economic and tourism growth of both cities and this investment demonstrates our confidence in the strength of the market.”

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