India's Jet Airways plans to launch daily direct flights from Hyderabad to Dubai from 16 August, its fifth daily service to the emirate from India.

It will operate a Boeing 737-800 aircraft on the route, the carrier says in a statement. It also has twice-daily services to Dubai from Mumbai, and once-daily services from New Delhi and Chennai.

"With the growing popularity of Dubai as a leading business and leisure destination, there has been an increasing demand for enhanced air connectivity to the Gulf emirate from Southern India. We are confident that the new service from Hyderabad will be well appreciated by travellers and will complement our existing services from India," says Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, CEO of Jet Airways.

Source: Air Transport Intelligence news

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