Emirates, which just celebrated its 25th anniversary, has added non-stop services to Dakar (Senegal), Dubai to Madrid (Spain), Medina (Saudi Arabia) and Prague (Czech Republic). Qatar Airways has added non-stop flights to São Paulo (Brazil), and added Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Phuket (Thailand) flights with an intermediate stop. Finally, Etihad has added non-stop flights to Alexandria in Egypt. Of these, Buenos Aires, Dakar, Medina, Phuket and Prague are new destinations for the carriers taken as a whole.
As a result, Emirates now serves 93 destinations non-stop from Dubai, Qatar Airways serves 83 destinations non-stop from Doha and Etihad now serves 60 destinations non-stop from Abu Dhabi.