Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline, announced its special high- season fares, for travelling between 15 December and 15 January.

Maltese travellers searching for a good value holiday during the festive season now have an enticing opportunity to visit Larnaca in Cyprus, and/or Dubai as well as a choice of the best destinations within the Emirates destination network.

The multi-award-winning airline is also offering low- fare destinations to Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, Aukland, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Osaka, Delhi, Johannesburg, Nairobi, Lagos, Mauritius, Seychelles and Maldives among others.

The choice of destinations is anyone’s dream. From Dubai, Emirates Airline offers the best connections to over 75 destinations worldwide. For the Maltese travelling to the Far East and Australia, Dubai is the best and convenient connection.

The rates cover return economy-class airfares, which may apply in conjunction with Emirates holiday packages. Emirates Holidays selects the best combinations for the most enjoyable vacations in the Middle East, Indian sub-continent, Africa, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Emirates’ economy class customers continue to enjoy the latest in-flight movies and music via their individual in-seat television screens; generous legroom; meals designed by gourmet chefs; and award-winning service from a highly-trained team of cabin crew recruited from over 90 countries around the world, including Maltese-speaking cabin crew.

Emirates also have its frequent-flyer programme called Skywards. Skywards members can earn Skywards miles on every flight with Emirates. Miles can be redeemed for free flights to hundreds of destinations, for leisure activities and quality goods. More information about Skywards can be obtained from www.skywards.com.

For the convenience of travellers from Malta, Emirates operates flights from Malta to Larnaca, Cyprus, and onward to Dubai four times weekly on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday on A330-200.