Emirates, a global connector of people, places and economies, announced a third daily service to Malé, the capital of the Maldives.

"The Maldives has proven to be a strong market for leisure and family travel. With a wide range of luxury hotel chains, romantic beaches and adventurous water sports activities; it certainly has something for everyone," said Ahmed Khoory, Emirates' Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations- West Asia and Indian Ocean.

"Emirates' additional daily flight to Malé  gives our customers greater flexibility in their travel plans allowing them to visit this exciting destination and connect seamlessly to other flights on Emirates' extensive global network,"  added Mr Khoory. 

The seven new flights a week are operated with Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in two class configuration, adding 294 Business Class and 2,702 Economy Class seats each way per week on the route, as well as 23 tonnes of additional capacity for cargo per flight.

Both cabins are equipped with Emirates' award-winning ice entertainment system with up to 1,800 channels on-demand entertainment to choose from, including movies, television programmes, games, audio books and music from across the world.

As with all Emirates flights, passengers on the new Dubai - Malé services enjoy the extra generous Emirates baggage allowance of 30kg in Economy Class and 40 kg in Business Class. The additional services also provide more opportunities for members of Skywards, the award-winning frequent flyer programme of Emirates Airline, to earn Skywards Miles on their travel.

Emirate launched services to Malé on 27th May 1987. The award-winning international carrier now flies to 147 destinations in 84 countries and territories, including cargo-only services.

Emirates operates a daily scheduled flight between Malta and Dubai via Larnaka, Cyprus.