Doha to be Emirates' best connected destination

(MENAFN- Arab News) Doha is to become emirates' best served destination with seven daily flights going into the qatari capital from dec.

Doha will take the top spot when it goes from six to seven daily flights overtaking bangkok's six daily service

The extra flights into doha are part of a 28 flight boost to the airline's middle east service

Muscat will go from two to three flights a day bahrain from three to four daily services and kuwait will increase from five to six flights dail

With the changes in place as of dec. 1 emirates will offer 276 weekly flights to destinations across the middle east out of its industry-leading hub at dubai internationa

'this is a significant enhancement of our services in the region giving our customers more choice and convenience" said majid al-mualla emirates' divisional svp commercial operations center. 'with seven flights a day going into doha nowhere else on the emirates' network will offer as many daily flights. this overtakes bangkok and is ahead of singapore and london heathrow.

Al-mualla added: 'the extra frequencies will provide even more scope for customers to enjoy our award winning services such as the ice in-flight entertainment system loaded with up to 1800 channels of movies tv programs games and music which can all be explored while savoring gourmet chef prepared cuisine.

Apart from doha muscat bahrain and kuwait the airline's 276 weekly departures to destinations in the airline's gulf middle east and iran region (gmei) also cover the arabia iraq iran jordan lebanon and yemen

The additional flights effective dec. 1 include muscat bahrain kuwait and doha.