DUBAI: Emirates said on Tuesday it will add three new weekly flights between Dubai and Cairo, effective January 1, 2016.

The new service will supplement the current twice daily Boeing 777-300ER flights, taking the total number of flights serving Cairo to 17 each week, the airline said in a statement. Emirates will operate the new flights with an Airbus A330-200. It added that the additional flights will boost the number of connection options Emirates offers to passengers heading into or from Egypt’s capital city, to destinations in the Middle East, Asia and Americas.