Dubai-based Emirates is to launch passenger/cargo flights deeper into Russia by starting services to St Petersburg, which will become the most northerly point on the airline's network.
The port city, lying on the Baltic coast and sometimes referred to as Russia's 'Northern Capital,' will be served from 01 November with a daily flight from Dubai.
A combination of A340-300s and A330-200s will be deployed on the route configured with three classes of travel.
EK flight 137 will depart Dubai at 1035hrs, arriving in St Petersburg at 1615hrs. The return flight leaves St Petersburg at 1745 and lands in Dubai at 0035hrs the next day.
The airline currently operates a double daily flight to Moscow. It has been flying to the Russian capital since 2003.
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