Emirates boosts flights for busy Umrah season
View(s):Emirates will be boosting its flights to Jeddah during the busy Umrah (pilgrimage to Mecca) season. The airline will operate 24 extra flights, adding more than 10,000 additional seats between Dubai and Jeddah from 12 June to 24 June. The additional flights will be serviced by the Boeing 777-300ER.
Emirates’ additional flights will help accommodate more convenient travel through Dubai during the Umrah season, which starts in Ramadan and concludes in July.
These services will run in parallel with Emirates’ regularly scheduled services to Jeddah, which includes three daily flights. The additional services can be accessed by travellers holding a valid Umrah visa, an airline release said.
This year, top destinations where Emirates is expecting Umrah travellers to come from are Pakistan, North Africa, the US, the UK and South Africa.