--FILE--A Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner passenger jet of Air China with the Chinese Mainland Rio 2016 Olympics athlete delegation onboard lands at the Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, China, 27 August 2016. China's flag carrier Air China said Monday (19 March 2018) that it will increase the flights between Beijing, the Chinese capital, and Dubai of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from five a week to daily service from March. The announcement was made by Zhang Bi, general manager of Air China's Dubai Sales Department, at a press conference held at Grand Hyatt Dubai. "This arrangement, scheduled to start from March 26, will provide passengers travelling between China and the UAE with more choices, and further increase the bilateral exchanges between the two countries, " he said. Zhang said that the Beijing-Dubai route will be operated by Airbus three-class A330-300 aircraft equipped with a total of 295 seats, including 28 business class seats, 16 preferred economy class seats and 251 economy class seats.
