Emirates to Launch 5th Daily Dubai-Singapore Flight

Emirates has confirmed that it will launch a fifth daily flight between Dubai and Singapore starting 1 August 2014.

The new flight will bring Emirates’ total number of flights between the two cities to 35 a week, with 28 non-stop services and 7 flights via Colombo, in addition to Emirates’ daily services from Singapore to Brisbane and Melbourne.

“The introduction of our fifth daily service between Dubai and Singapore is a reflection of the growing passenger demand for flights between these two important global business, trade and tourism hubs. The increased frequency will give our customers greater flexibility in their travel plans allowing them to connect seamlessly to other flights on Emirates’ extensive global network,” said Barry Brown, Emirates’ Divisional Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations East.

Emirates will operate a 364-seat Boeing 777-300, with 12 First Class seats, 42 Business Class seats and 310 Economy Class seats, for this additional Dubai - Singapore non-stop service.

Flight EK352 will depart Dubai daily at 21:15 (local time) and arrive in Singapore at 09:00 the next day (local time). The return flight, EK 353 will depart Singapore daily at 10:35 (local time) and arrive in Dubai at 13:45 (local time).

In addition to passengers, Emirates SkyCargo will operate belly hold cargo space to help transport goods such as ship spare parts, mobile phones and various other electronic goods to and from Singapore.