Emirates resumes flights to Beirut from 1 February

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Second daily flight to Beirut to debut from 1 April
Airline will also restore services to Baghdad from 1 February

Emirates will restart services to Beirut, Lebanon from 1 February 2025 with a daily flight. The airline will also reinstate daily services to Baghdad in Iraq on the same day.

From February, Emirates’ daily flights to Rafic Al Hariri International Airport will be served by a Boeing 777-300ER in three classes, offering more than 5,000 seats both ways each week, and adding more choice, increased comfort and enhanced connectivity from Beirut to Dubai and onwards to the airline’s network of more than 140 destinations.

From 1 April 2025, the airline will scale up its operations and layer on a second daily service to Beirut with the addition of the EK957/958 morning service, which is also set to be operated with a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in three classes.

The airline will operate to Beirut and Baghdad with the following schedule (all times are local):

Beirut: From 1 February, Emirates will operate daily on EK953 and EK954. EK953 departs Dubai at 1130 hrs, arriving in Beirut at 1400 hrs. The return flight, EK954 leaves Beirut at 1530 hrs, arriving in Dubai at 2120 hrs. From 1 April, Emirates’ second daily service EK 957 takes off at 0730 hrs, arriving in Beirut at 1030 hrs. EK958 departs Beirut at 1205 hrs, arriving in Dubai at 1655 hrs.

Baghdad: Emirates’ daily flights to Baghdad will be served by a Boeing 777 aircraft. On Sunday, Monday and Wednesday, EK 941 will depart Dubai at 0805 hrs, arriving in Baghdad at 0950 hrs. EK 942 will then take-off at 1125 hrs, landing in Dubai at 1435 hrs. On Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, EK 943 will depart Dubai at 1300 hrs, arriving in Baghdad at 1425 hrs. EK944 leaves Baghdad at 1555 hrs, arriving in Dubai at 1910 hrs.