KARACHI (APP) - Emirates will launch a new service to Al Medinah al Munawarrah throughout summer, catering for increased demand during this peak travel period. An announcement here on Tuesday said that the twice-weekly flights will be in place from July 2 to September 24 and will be operated by an Airbus A330-200. It said that the service will be available in a three-class configuration including; 12 First Class seats, 42 Business Class seats and 183 Economy Class seats. The Emirates flight will depart Dubai each Friday and Sunday at 0115 hours and will arrive in Al Medinah al Munawarrah at 0300 hours. On the return journey the flight will depart Al Medinah al Munawarrah at 0435 hours, arriving in Dubai at 0815 hours. Ahmed Khoory, Emirates SVP Commercial Operations, Gulf, Middle East and Iran said that Emirates is delighted to be able to offer flights to Al Medinah al Munawarrah throughout the busy summer months. This new, limited time, service means that Emirates will have four gateways into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia across the peak summer holiday, ensuring we are able to sufficiently service the thousands of people travelling to and from the country. Emirates currently operates 21 weekly flights to Saudi Arabia from three gateways including; Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam.