Marking its 16 years of operations in Yemen, Emirates, one of the world’s fastest growing airlines, has introduced an additional weekly flight to Sanaa. Yemen is now a daily service from Dubai, effective Oct. 28.

The airline launched services to the Yemeni capital on Oct. 28, 1996, beginning with two weekly flights.

The route is currently supported with an Airbus A330-200 aircraft in a three-class configuration.

Emirates flight 961 leaves Dubai daily at 7:15 a.m. and arrives in Sanaa at 9 a.m. The return flight, EK962, leaves Sanaa at 10:15 a.m. and lands in Dubai at 1:45 p.m.

“It is with great pride that we are strengthening our commitment to Yemen at the same time as we celebrate our 16th anniversary,” said Emirates’ Country Manager in Yemen Husain Bani Hashem.

“Now, with the daily service, Yemen can look forward to trade and tourism being further stimulated between destinations across our vast network via Dubai,” added Hashem.

The additional frequency will also provide more flexibility for passengers from Yemen to Dubai and onward to popular destinations such as China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, France, the UK and the US.

The 7th weekly flight enables Emirates SkyCargo to offer additional capacity in the belly-hold of aircraft for Yemen’s exports, such as seafood.

With a fleet of 188 aircraft, Emirates currently flies to 127 destinations in 74 countries.

In the coming months, the airline will launch further destinations — Lyon on Dec. 5, Phuket from Dec. 10, Warsaw as of Feb. 6 and Algiers effective March 1.