Emirates has announced it will operate two flights daily from Dhaka, starting from December 14, to meet the growing demand of passengers.

The airlines is now operating 11 flights per week from Dhaka.

The added services will offer customers enhanced connectivity to more than 95 destinations within Emirates' growing network, via Dubai, the airlines said in a release.

Emirates' EK 585 (Boeing 777-300ER) will depart from Dhaka at 1:00am local time and will arrive in Dubai at 4:35am local time.

The return flight, EK 584 will depart from Dubai at 4:45pm and will arrive in Dhaka at 11:00pm local time.

Dubai is now open to international business and leisure visitors.

Emirates has taken a number of initiatives to bring back passengers' confidence in air travel to ensure their safety which include multi-risk travel insurance and COVID-19 cover, flexible booking policies, health and safety measures at every step of the customer journey.

Emirates is the first airline offering multi-risk travel insurance and Covid-19 cover for their customers.

This cover is offered by Emirates on all tickets purchased on or from December 1, 2020, at no cost to customers.