The daily route will operate from Terminal 3 at Dubai International (DXB) as part of a codeshare with Emirates. Since entering the market 17 years ago, airline’s seat capacity to Nepal has increased more than 12 times since its inception, with operations scaling up to five daily flights to Kathmandu.

One of the sharpest rises this season is coming from Saudi Arabia. which is already DXB’s second-largest country market at 7.8% of total passengers as of October year-to-date. Combined traffic from Saudi Arabia reached 6.3 million across DXB and DWC, up 1.3% year-on-year, with DWC recording a standout increase of 459% to 173,000 passengers.