Emirates To Commence Daily Service To Kabul

An Emirates Airbus A340-500 aircraft.

Emirates recently announced it is to commence a daily passenger service to Khwaja Rawash Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan from 4 December 2013.

The daily flight to Afghanistan’s capital city will be the first destination in the country which Emirates has served. The route will be operated by an Airbus A340-500 configured in a 3 cabin configuration, offering 12 First Class, 42 Business Class and 204 Economy Class seats.

EK 640 will depart Dubai daily at 09.55 hours and arrive in Kabul at 13.15. The return flight, EK 641 will leave Kabul at 15.30 hours and arrive back in Dubai at 18.00.

Kabul will be the 138th destination on the Emirates route network, following shortly after the commencement of services to Clark, Philippines on 1 October; Conakry, Guinea on 27 October; and Sialkot, Pakistan on 5 November 2013.