Emirates will serve Malta with a second daily flight from August 1, 2014. This news follows the pre-entry visa exemption applicable to Maltese citizens visiting UAE from March 22.

Emirates’ A330-200 aircraft will be flying on a daily scheduled flight between Dubai and Malta via Larnaka, Cyprus, and on a second daily scheduled non-stop flight on A340-500 from Dubai to Malta, with the return trip flying via Tripoli.

Altogether the two aircraft will add capacity of 917 seats a week in each direction and an additional 90 tonnes of cargo capacity per week in each direction.

Maltese travellers will be able to enjoy once again daily access to Larnaka, Cyprus, which currently is operating on a four times weekly basis. Due to the growing demand by travellers from Tripoli, a second daily service will also commence from August 2, 2014, less than a year after the re-introduction of the Tripoli route via Malta last September.

“Emirates’ decision to re-introduce a daily service to Malta via Larnaka is a direct result of a surge in customer demand,” Malta Manager Paul Fleri Soler said.

“The enhanced schedule will offer better connectivity for our business and leisure customers when travelling between Malta and Dubai, and onwards eastward to the rest of our network in the Indian subcontinent, Africa, Far East and Australasia. At the same time, this is going to add connectivity to Cyprus which should prove to be a great attraction for a summer holiday with family or with friends considering that it’s only two hours away.”