Emirates to commence second flight to Tel Aviv from October

A little over a month since it inaugurated its first flight, Emirates has announced plans to launch a second flight to Tel Aviv, starting in October.

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The additional morning frequency is in response to high demand for travel to/from Israel.

The second daily flight will be served by Emirates Boeing 777-300ER in a three-class configuration.

The new schedule will operate as follows: EK 933 departs Dubai at 8.15 am, arriving in Tel Aviv at 9.50 am. EK 934 leaves Tel Aviv at 11.50 am, arriving in Dubai at 4.50 pm, local time.

The service will provide passengers traveling to Israel with more flexibility when planning their trip with the choice of a morning arrival at Ben Gurion airport, in addition to the existing EK931 service which arrives in the evening. Customers can also take advantage of Emirates’ partnership with flydubai when planning their travel, which includes a robust schedule of multiple daily codeshare flights.

The second daily flight will also provide another 20 tonnes of cargo belly-hold capacity Israel, further opening global trade lanes through enhanced import and export opportunities.

In recent news,  Emirates announced they will increase the frequency of its services to and from London Gatwick airport with the addition of a third daily flight, effective  July 27 until August 3.

The airline also said it would continue to operate its six daily flights to and from London Heathrow during this period, and its planned re-start of daily services to London Stansted would commence on August 1.

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