KUALA LUMPUR: Dubai-based Emirates Airline has resumed its international flight operations from Kuala Lumpur on June 17.
The airline said following the UAE government's announcement to lift restrictions on transit passenger services, travellers from Malaysia can connect to any destination on Emirates' current network of 39 destinations in the GCC, Asia Pacific, Europe and Americas.
The services for passengers between Dubai and Kuala Lumpur will be offered two times per week in June on its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.
"In Kuala Lumpur, customers can book flights on EK347 to Dubai on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and onwards to destinations that Emirates currently operates to.
"Nine additional cities have been added to Emirates' scheduled flights including Colombo, Istanbul, Auckland, Beirut, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh and Barcelona, Brussels, and Washington DC," it said.
Meanwhile, Emirates' flights from Colombo and Vietnam will only carry outbound passengers to the UAE and onward destinations.
It also said flights to Beirut and Hanoi were subject to government approvals.
"In addition, Emirates will add flights to Kuala Lumpur and some cities in July.
"The cities include London Heathrow, Manchester, Frankfurt, Paris, Zurich, Madrid, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Dublin, New York JFK, Toronto, Singapore and Hong Kong," it added.