Emirates is to launch another transatlantic link with the start of flights to Boston from March 10.

Boston will be the airline’s eighth route to the US, ninth into North America and 12th into the wider Americas.

Emirates chairman, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, said: “Our Boston service will further develop this gateway into the north eastern United States.”

EK237 will depart Dubai at 9.45am and arrive in Boston at 3.15pm. The return flight, EK 238, will take off from Boston at 10.55pm and land in Dubai at 7.10pm the next day. Emirates and JetBlue passengers can travel on each other’s flights and earn reciprocal miles.

Boston is the largest city in Massachusetts and one of the oldest cities in the US. With more than 12 million visitors a year, it boasts a world-class reputation for medical and educational facilities, including Harvard University.

Boston will be Emirates' eighth route to the US

Emirates started flights to America in 2004, beginning with New York. The airline’s seven current US gateways form part of a 134-destination network, served by a fleet of more than 200 modern aircraft, including the airline’s flagship Airbus A380.

Aboard the Boeing 777-200LR serving Boston, customers in all classes will be able to relish gourmet-chef prepared food, while browsing through more than 1,500 channels of movies, TV, music and games on the ice digital widescreen in-flight entertainment system.

So far in 2013, Emirates has launched new routes to Warsaw, Algiers, Tokyo Haneda and Stockholm. In the coming months, flights will begin to Clark International in the Philippines, between Milan and New York, to Conakry in Guinea, Sialkot in Pakistan, as well as Kabul, Kiev and Taipei.

Emirates is operating four scheduled flights weekly from Malta to Dubai via Larnaka, Cyprus, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. On Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, Emirates operates direct flights from Dubai to Malta and return flights fly via Tripoli.