Emirates To Fly Daily To Beijing

Emirates announced last month that it will start a daily non-stop service between Dubai and Beijing from February 1, 2006. An Airbus 340-300 aircraft with 267 seats in a three-class configuration will be used for the new service which will be the airline's fourth destination in China after Shanghai, Hong Kong and Dalian. The new route, part of the airline's strategic growth plans for its China operations, also includes an expansion of more than 40 per cent in the frequency of its services to Hong Kong - an increase to 17 flights in the last week of December from the present 12.