Dubai, July 24 - Emirates Airline, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), plans to increase its flights to Angola and South Africa later this year and will organise promotional activities in both the countries ahead of the launch, the WAM news agency reported.

Flights to the South African city of Durban will start Oct 1, while new services to the Angolan capital of Luanda will begin Oct 25, the airline said in a statement Thursday.

The launch of flights to Durban will supplement the daily services to Cape Town and Johannesburg, it said.

A number of road shows will be organised between July 22 and Aug 23 at various towns and cities in South Africa, such as Umhlanga, Pietermaritzburg, Port Elizabeth, Knysna, George, Cape Town, Polokwane and Bloemfontein, before wrapping up in Johannesburg a month later.