Dubai’s based Emirates Airline has started flying to 16 new destinations, which were previously catered to only by low-cost carrier Flydubai.

The destinations include Zanzibar (Tanzania), Kathmandu (Nepal) and Kilimanjaro (Tanzania).

This development follows the implementation of the enhanced code-share agreement between the two carriers.

The two carriers’ combined network is expected to reach 240 destinations by 2022, Emirates said in a statement.

Emirates president Tim Clark said the code-share programme has received a positive response from travellers. “Nearly 14,000 sectors have been ticketed during the first week of operation, surpassing our expectations,” Clark said. “We have witnessed strong demand for travel from Europe and the United States to South Asian destinations."

The new code-share destinations are:

• Bratislava (Slovakia)
• Chittagong (Bangladesh)
• Djibouti (Djibouti)
• Dushanbe (Tajikistan)
• Hargeisa (Somalia)
• Istanbul – Sabiha Gokcen (Turkey)
• Kathmandu (Nepal)
• Kilimanjaro (Tanzania)
• Mattala Rajapaksa (Sri Lanka)
• Makhachkala (Russia)
• Podgorica (Montenegro)
• Sylhet (Bangladesh)
• Ufa (Russia)
• Voronezh (Russia)
• Yerevan (Armenia)
• Zanzibar (Tanzania)