Doha is to become Emirates’ best served destination as part of a boost to frequencies throughout the Middle East from 1 December.

The Qatari capital, Bahrain, Muscat and Kuwait will all receive an extra daily flight – bolting 28 flights onto the airline’s regional offering and taking its total number of Middle East weekly departures from Dubai to 276.

By increasing from six to seven daily flights, Doha becomes Emirates’ highest frequency destination, overtaking Bangkok and ahead of Singapore and London Heathrow.

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 daily.

Apart from Doha, Muscat, Bahrain and Kuwait, the airline’s 276 weekly departures to destinations in the airline’s Gulf, Middle East and Iran (GMEI) region also cover the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon and Yemen.

The routes are supported by a combination of Boeing and Airbus aircraft. The airline’s highly popular A380 aircraft is currently deployed to Jeddah in the KSA. On 16 July, Kuwait will become the region’s second destination for the Emirates’ A380, a deployment which also marks 25 years of services to the country.

Emirates operates daily scheduled flights from Malta to Dubai using a Boeing 777 aircraft. From 1st August, Emirates will be operating twice daily flights between Dubai and Malta – one service will fly daily via Larnaka and the second service will return to Dubai via Tripoli.