Dhaka, April 21 -- Emirates has launched the first scheduled Airbus A380 service to Riyadh today making the capital city the 51st destination to the carrier's A380 global network.

The Emirates A380 aircraft will be operating on the route five times a week. Emirates flight EK 817 will depart Dubai at 1850hrs, arriving in Riyadh at 1935hrs. The return flight EK 818 leaves Riyadh at 2125hrs, arriving in Dubai at 0035hrs the next day.

The deployment of the highly popular double-decker aircraft will offer more connection opportunities to business and leisure travellers from Riyadh for a seamless 'all A380' journey to business hubs such as New York, London and Hong Kong as well as leisure centres like Mauritius and Barcelona.

The aircraft...