Dubai’s Emirates begins second daily flight to Prague

Dubai carrier Emirates has begun its second daily flight to the Czech Republic’s capital Prague to meet increasing demand.

The carrier said the new Boeing 777-300ER service would add 262,800 additional seats between Dubai and Prague each year.

It first began serving the city in 2010.

Each flight will have eight first class, 42 business class and 310 economy class seats and add 20 tonnes of cargo capacity.

EK137 will leave Dubai at 3:30pm and arrive in Prague t 7:55pm. Return flight EK138 will leave Prague at 9:35pm and arrive in Dubai at 5:30am the next day.

Emirates’ existing daily service to Prague was upgraded to an Airbus A380 in 2016.

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The carrier is currently experiencing one of its busiest periods, coinciding with the end of the school year.

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