Dubai: Emirates is adding four weekly flights a week to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia from December 14, allowing the airline to fly the Airbus A380 three times a day to the city.

The new flights will operate on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, and increase the number of weekly flights to Jeddah operated by Emirates to 21.

The airline flies to four points in Saudi Arabia — Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam and Al Madinah Al Munawarah. The additional Jeddah services will increase weekly flights to the country to 67, up from 63 today.