Emirates (EK, Dubai International) as well as competitors Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi International) and Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad International) have all received traffic rights to launch one daily flight each from Dubai International, Abu Dhabi International and Doha Hamad International to Tokyo Haneda and for a second daily flight from their hubs to Tokyo Narita. The new flights can be launched from March 31, 2013 under new bilateral air services agreements signed by Japan with both Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.