Eid Al Fitr 2023 in UAE: Airfares set to drop as airlines announce new flights

Eid Al Fitr 2023 in UAE: Airfares set to drop as airlines announce new flights

Emirates Airlines has announced 38 additional services during the long weekend to several popular destinations

Published: Tue 18 Apr 2023, 6:38 PM

Airfares will come down from their peaks during the upcoming Eid Al Fitr holidays, say experts, as UAE airlines increase flight frequencies to major cities across many busy destinations.

Dubai’s flagship carrier Emirates on Tuesday announced that it would add 38 additional flights this week across six cities in order to meet demand on the occasion of the festival. The airline will operate additional flights to Riyadh, Dammam, Jeddah, Madinah, Kuwait and Beirut as more than 110,000 passengers are set to board its services during Eid Al Fitr.

A large number of residents will travel outbound to their home countries as well to celebrate the vacation, while a number of foreigners will fly down to the UAE to celebrate the festival here in the country, resulting in a big increase in both inbound and outbound passenger traffic.

Earlier, Etihad Airways and Air Arabia Abu Dhabi also announced flights to India’s Kolkata in order to meet growing demand.

Atish Thapa, head of business and marketing, Cleartrip, said this is a classic case of demand and supply.

“As a result of these additional [services], there is some