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Cheap flights to Dubai
For cheap flights to and from Dubai, try the more obscure carriers (probably less safe and/or comfortable), or look for special offers from your travel agent. Emirates Airlines often do promotional flight and accommodation packages from Europe that are good value for money - especially as it's often difficult and/or expensive to find a hotel room in Dubai.
Note that taxes, fuel surcharges and service fees can often make up a significant proportion of the total cost, and are often not quoted in advertisements for cheap fares from Dubai. Allow an extra several hundred dirhams depending on where you're going.
Cheap flights from Dubai
Websites advertising bargain fares or last minute fares may have some good package deals when flying to Dubai from other countries but for residents living in the UAE, it's rare to find a "flight only" that's cheaper than dealing with the airline directly. Sometimes airlines will have a small discount or extra airmiles if you book online. Travel agents in Dubai won't have flights much cheaper (if at all) but may have a better chance of getting you on to a heavily booked flight if you have a good relationship with them. Of course, they can save you time by doing all the searching for you, as well as arrange hotel, car hire and excursion packages. Don't get wound up when they say they'll call you back but don't. That's SOP in Dubai. Call them when you want to know what's happened to your booking.
For cheap flights from Dubai to other destinations try one of the following (watch out for extra taxes and fuel surcharges of several hundred dirhams):
- Air Arabia for Middle Eastern and Asian destinations (from Sharjah, not Dubai).
- Air India for Asian destinations (via India)
- Alitalia for European destinations
- CSA Czech Airlines - to Europe
- FlyDubai - (first flights 01 June 2009) for Asia and Middle East, budget airline operating from Dubai
- Gulf Air for Middle East, Asia, and Europe (from Dubai or Abu Dhabi)
- Jazeera Airways for Asian and Middle Eastern destinations.
- Olympic Airways - to Europe
- Qatar Airways (QR) for Asian, Middle East and European destinations via Doha
- Royal Brunei for Asian, Pacific destinations via Brunei, and European destinations via London
- SmartWings Airlines to Prague and Budapest, with connections to other European cities
The airlines in that list they have reasonably large networks and often sell cheaper fares than other airlines on the same routes. There are other airlines flying out of Dubai that have even cheaper fares - they're usually ones you haven't heard of and/or fly out of Terminal 2 of Dubai International Airport.
The well-known airlines will have cheap fares but only at off-peak times, to odd destinations that no one wants to go to, or when launching a new route (occasionally things can go a bit wrong - Emirates were about to launch a new route to Copenhagen when those infamous cartoons made the headlines, so the launch of their Denmark flights were postponed indefinitely). Airlines advertising promotions in the UAE include Air France, Cathay Pacific, KLM, Singapore Air, Royal Brunei, British Airways to name a few. Other airlines have promotions also but it's more likely your travel agent will know about them. Emirates Airlines do monthly online special offers and also Cash + Miles deals for Skywards Air Miles customers, which have cheap prices to places you never thought you'd want to visit.
For bargain hunters looking for no-frills airlines like Ryanair or EasyJet, try Air Arabia flying out of Sharjah International Airport, or Fly Dubai or Jazeera Airways from Dubai International Airport. Their prices are cheap if you book well ahead, but not if you're trying for a last minute booking.
Special offers for flights from Dubai, Sharjah, and Abu Dhabi
List of Dubai latest airfare deals moved to separate page. For latest offers not included that you know of, add them to the Dubai flight deals topic in the forum.
Last update Friday 07-Aug-2009
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