Emirates have anounced that they will restart services to Beirut, Lebanon from 1st February with a daily flight.

The airline will also reinstate daily services to Baghdad in Iraq on the same day.

According to a press release, from February, Emirates’ daily flights to Rafic Al Hariri International Airport will be served by a Boeing 777-300ER in three classes, offering more than 5,000 seats both ways each week, and “adding more choice”.

From 1st April, the airline will scale up its operations and layer on a second daily service to Beirut with the addition of the EK957/958 morning service, which is also set to be operated with a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in three classes.

The airline will operate to Beirut and Baghdad with the following schedule (all times are local):

  • Beirut: From 1st February, Emirates will operate daily on EK953 and EK954.  EK953 departs Dubai at 1130hrs, arriving in Beirut at 2pm. The return flight, EK954 leaves Beirut at 3:30pm, arriving in Dubai at 9:20pm. From 1st April, Emirates’ second daily service EK 957 takes off at 7:30am, arriving in Beirut at 10:30am. EK958 departs Beirut at 12:05pm, arriving in Dubai at 4:55pm.
  • Baghdad: Emirates’ daily flights to Baghdad will be served by a Boeing 777 aircraft. On Sunday, Monday and Wednesday, EK 941 will depart Dubai at 08:05am, arriving in Baghdad at 09:50am. EK 942 will then take-off at 11:25am, landing in Dubai at 2:35pm. On Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, EK 943 will depart Dubai at 1pm, arriving in Baghdad at 2:25. EK944 leaves Baghdad at 3:55pm, arriving in Dubai at 7:10pm.

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