Emirates launches 2 more flights to Tunis

Emirates announced on Monday that is is introducing two extra flights per week to Tunisian capital Tunis. The latest flights brings to six the number of Emirates flights to Tunis staring on October 30. The increased services will add almost 3,800 seats per month in each direction, targetting increased numbers of business travellers and tourists in the wake of the revolution and the country's first free polls, which took place on Sunday. "Tunis is a significant market for Emirates and these additional flights are a testament to our growing presence in the market since we began operations to Tunisia five years ago", said Jean Luc Grillet, Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations for Africa. "More services mean more flexibility and choice as well as enabling easy connections to points across the Far and Middle East, Indian sub-continent, Europe and Australasia via the airline's hub in Dubai," added Mr Grillet. From October 30, Flight EK747 will depart Dubai every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 09:05 hours, arriving in Tunis at 12:55 hours. The return journey, flight EK 748, will depart Tunis at 14:30, arriving in Dubai at 22:55 hours.