Emirates Airline will begin daily flights to Algiers from March 2013. Algiers is the airline’s 22nd destination in Africa.
H.H Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive, Emirates Airline and Group, said that Emirates was “providing a wealth of new travel options for customers in Algeria, who will be able to fly non-stop to our industry leading hub in Dubai and conveniently connect to points across the Middle East, Asian Subcontinent, the Far East and Australasia.”
The non-stop service from 1st March next year, will leave Dubai at 0845hrs and arrive in Algiers at 1330hrs. The return flight leaves Algiers at 1535hrs, arriving in Dubai at 0055hrs the next day. An Airbus A330-200 in a three-class configuration will be deployed on the route.
Algeria, the tenth largest country in the world by land mass, will become the airline's 130th destination and its fifth point within North Africa, following the resumption of services to Libya in November 2012.