Dubai: Emirates said on Monday it will introduce a fifth daily flight between Dubai and Singapore starting August 1, 2014. The move will bring Emirates’ total number of flights between the two cities to 35 a week, with 28 non-stop services and seven flights via Colombo, in addition to Emirates’ daily services from Singapore to Brisbane and Melbourne, it stated.

In addition to passengers, Emirates SkyCargo will operate belly hold cargo space to help transport goods such as ship spare parts, mobile phones and various other electronic goods to and from Singapore.