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For latest flight information tel Dubai International Airport +971-4-2166666 or visit www.dubaiairport.com (you may be able to submit your UAE mobile number to get an automatic sms when flight lands).

Finding good cheap hotel accommodation in Dubai in 2007 is difficult and likely to stay that way until at least 2008. If you are looking for a good deal on accommodation, your best option is to try and get a package deal with the airline you use to fly to Dubai. See also cheap hotels in Dubai and cheap holidays to Dubai.

Flights to and from Dubai

Many airlines have flights to Dubai in addition to all those transit flights going through Dubai. UAE based carriers include:

Emirates Airlines is the Dubai based carrier operating out of Dubai International Airport.
Etihad Airlines started operations in 2005, flies out of Abu Dhabi International Airport.
Air Arabia started operations in 2004, flies out of Sharjah International Airport - a "no-frills" airline.
RAK Airways - expected to start flights sometime in 2007, flying out of Ras Al Khaimah International Airport.
Jazeera Airways is a Kuwaiti airline which started to use Dubai as a hub for direct flights to some destinations from early February 2007.
Gulf Air is a Bahrain-Oman (80:20 split from 01 May 2007) airline and has flights from Bahrain, Muscat, Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Abu Dhabi was a partner but pulled out in 2006.

Cheap holidays to Dubai

The cheapest way to have a holiday in Dubai is to bum a bed off someone you know. Preferably a relative since they'll still be related even if you fall out with them, and you can probably invade their homes again in a couple of years. Friendships can and do fade away unfortunately.

With the ubiquity (or plague according to some) of the internet, you can make friends online to replace the ones you lost last time you visited Dubai, and hopefully they'll offer you a place to kip before your next visit to Dubai. Dubai FAQs staff all have unsanitary living habits and terrible BO just in case you were thinking of trying that scam on us.

For more realistic and less annoying options, try the airlines mentioned above for package deals including a hotel but don't bother with a hire or rental car unless you've visited Dubai before. Traffic conditions are unpleasant, it's difficult to navigate around the place, and taxis are relatively cheap. For journeys further afield, consider renting a car for a day once you get here.

Charter flights are rare. There are some from Russia and other Eastern European countries to Terminal 2 of Dubai International Airport, and there's a handful to Ras Al Khaimah International Airport.

Passenger Airline Flights to and from Dubai

Airline companies operating flights to and from Dubai International Airport include (with destination cities):

Air Arabia

Air Arabia - fly from Sharjah, not Dubai. Allow at least 100 dhs each way in a taxi from Dubai to Sharjah airport. A "no-frills" airline with routes around the Middle East and Asia in countries Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, India, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan/Khazakstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Nepal, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, Yemen. Destinations include:

Ahmedabad (from 03 Apr 2007), Aleppo, Alexandria, Almaty, Amman, Assiut, Astana, Bangalore, Bahrain, Beirut, Chennai (02 Nov 2006), Chittagong (18 Jun 2007), Coimbatore CJB (01 October 2007), Colombo, Damman, Doha, Istanbul, Jaipur, Jeddah, Kabul, Karachi (04 Mar 2007), Kathmandu, Khartoum, Kochi, Koneyammanputhhur (same as Coimbatore CJB), Kozhikode / Calicut (26 Feb 2008), Kuwait, Mumbai (Bombay), Muscat, Nagpur, New Delhi DEL (31 Mar 2008) Peshawar (07 Mar 2007), Riyadh, Sanaa/Sana'a, Tehran, Thiruvananthapuram (05 Nov 2006).

In January 2008, Air Arabia launched a tie-up with Yeti Airlines in Nepal to provide more low-cost air travel.

Emirates Airlines (EK)

Emirates Airlines EK is a Dubai based carrier launched in 1985. As of beginning March 2008, EK has flights on routes to 99 cities in 62 different countries, with about 100 flights a week just to the UK (91 in January 2007). Destinations include:

Abidjan (2006), Abu Dhabi, Accra, Addis Ababa (27 Mar 2006), Ahmedabad (28 Oct 2007), Alexandria, Amman, Athens, Auckland, Bahrain, Bangalore (29 Oct 2006), Bangkok, Barcelona (cargo only), Beijing (2006), Beirut, Berlin (under consideration), Birmingham, Brisbane, Cairo, Calcutta (now called Kolkata), Calicut / Kozhikode (01 Jul 2008), Cape Town (30 March 2008), Casablanca, Chennai, Christchurch, Cochin, Colombo, Copenhagen (planned but start date put off after Danish cartoon controversy), Damascus, Damman, Dar es Salaam, Delhi, Dhaka, Doha, Dusseldorf, Entebbe, Frankfurt, Geneva, Glasgow, Guangzhou CAN (01 Jul 2008), Hamburg, Hong Kong, Houston (03 Dec 2007), Hyderabad, Islamabad, Istanbul, Jakarta, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Karachi, Khartoum (2007?), Kochi (2002), Kolkata / Calcutta (2006), Kozhikode / Calicut (01 Jul 2008), Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait City, Lagos, Lahore, Larnaca, Lilongwe (cargo only), London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles LAX (01 Sep 2008) Luqa, Madras, Male, Malta, Manchester, Manila, Mauritius, Melbourne, Milan-Malpensa, Moscow-Domodedovo, Mumbai, Munich, Muscat, Nagoya, Nairobi, New Delhi, New York-JFK, Newcastle UK (01 Sep 2007), Nice (via Rome, non-stop from 01 Dec 2008), Osaka-Kansai, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Perth, Peshawar, Rome-Fiumicino, Riyadh, San Francisco (26 October 2008) Sanaa, Sao Paulo (01 Oct 2007), Seoul-Incheon, Seychelles, Shanghai-Pudong, Singapore, Stuttgart (under consideration), Sydney, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Thiruvananthapuram (2006), Toronto (29 Oct 2007), Tripoli, Tunis (29 Oct 2006), Venice (01 July 2007), Vienna, Zurich.

Flights to Male and Colombo are code-share with Sri Lankan airlines - 4 digits instead of 3 in the flight number tells you it's an SL plane.

Etihad Airways

Etihad Airways doesn't actually fly out of Dubai but they arrange transport from Dubai to Abu Dhabi airport. IATA code is AUH, not ABD although ABD is commonly used as an abbreviation for the city of Abu Dhabi. Etihad fly from Al Ain (AAN) with a stop in Abu Dhabi. Usually a little cheaper than Emirates Airlines. Instead of Economy, Business, and First Class, Etihad has the Coral (economy), Pearl (business), and Diamond (first) Zones. Confused? We are. Destinations include:

Ahmedabad (planned), Amman, Amritsar (planned), Bahrain, Bangalore (planned), Bangkok, Beijing (March 2008) Beirut, Berlin (under consideration), Bombay (now Mumbai), Brisbane BNE (28 Sep 2007), Brussels, Cairo, Casablanca, Chennai / Madras (planned), Colombo (discontinued from 09 Sep 2007, SriLankan Airlines codeshare from 15 Sep 2007), Damascus, Dammam, Delhi (now New Delhi), Dhaka, Doha, Dublin (02 Jul 2007), Frankfurt, Geneva, Hyderabad (planned), Islamabad, Jaipur (planned), Jakarta, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Karachi, Kathmandu (28 Oct 2007), Khartoum, Kochi (Jun 2007), Kolkata / Calcutta (planned), Kozhikode / Calicut (planned), Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait City, Lahore, London Gatwick, London Heathrow, Manchester, Manila, Milan Malpensa MXP (02 Sep 2007), Mumbai, Munich, Muscat, New Delhi, New York JFK, Paris, Peshawar, Riyadh, Shanghai (in 2008?), Singapore (28 Sep 2007), Sydney (from 27 March 2007), Tehran (by end 2006), Thiruvananthapuram (Jun 2007), Toronto.

2007 numbers for Etihad Airways:

37 planes (up to 51 planes by 2012)
45 destinations
4.6 million passengers (6 million forecast for 2008)
Started operations in 2003

Other airline carriers to and from Dubai

Aer Algerie - Algiers, Beirut
Aer Lingus - Dublin
Aero Asia International - Faisalabad, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar
Aeroflot - Moscow-Sheremetyevo
Aerosvit Airlines - Kiev
Air Afrique
Air Astana - Alma Ata / Almaty ALA & Astana TSE, Moscow SVO (from July 2007?)
air Baltic - see airBaltic below
Air Blue - Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore
Air Canada
Air China - Beijing
Air France - Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Air India - Ahmedabad, Calicut, Jaipur (28 Oct 2007), Kochi, Lucknow (28 Oct 2007), Madras, Mumbai, Nagpur (24 Sep 2007), New Delhi, Pune, Trivendram
Air India Express IX (budget) - their website says Amritsar, Chennai, Delhi, Kozhikode, Kochi, Mangalore, Mumbai, Thiruvananthpuram, Tiruchirapally. Schedule (Oct 2007) lists COK, CCJ, TRV, IXE, ATQ, DEL, PNQ, BOM, TRZ, MAA.
Air Nepal International - Kathmandu
airBaltic - Latvia - Riga to Dubai from 26 Dec 2006 till 24 Mar 2007, weekly flights on Sat), www.airbaltic.lv.
Alitalia - Milan-Malpensa
Ariana Afghan Airlines - Kabul
Armavia - Yerevan
Austrian Airlines - Male, Vienna
Bahrain Air - Manama (03 Feb 2008) - note their website is www.bahrainair.net, not www.bahrainair.com.
Biman Bangladesh - Dhaka
British Airways - London Heathrow
Cathay Pacific - Bahrain, Bangkok, Mumbai, Hong Kong
China Southern Airlines - Beijing, Guangzhou
Condor Airlines
CSA Czech Airlines - Colombo, Prague. Report in the Gulf News 11 Dec 2006: news that flights to Prague will be cancelled from 06 January 2007 (AMEinfo.com said from January 2010). Flights to Colombo were not mentioned but are bound to be cancelled also.
Cyprus Airways - Bahrain, Larnaca
Daallo Airlines - Djibouti
Delta Airlines - Atlanta (from 01 Jun 2007)
Dragonair - Bangalore (from 01 May 2008)?
Egypt Air - Cairo
Ethiopian Airlines - Addis Ababa, Mumbai
Falcon Express
Finnair - Helsinki
GMG Airlines (Bangladesh) - Dhaka (01 Feb 2008)
Gulf Air - Bahrain, Muscat
Indian Airlines - Hyderabad, Madras, New Delhi, Jaipur, Calicut
Iran Air - Bandar Abbas, Isfahan, Shiraz, Tehran-Imam Khomeini
Jat Airways - Beirut, Belgrade
Jazeera Airways from February 2007 - direct to Kuwait, Bahrain, Beirut (late 2007?), Maldives (Nov 2007, Sun/Tue), Muscat, Salalah (cancelled from Dec 2007?), Mumbai, Cochin, New Delhi. Connect via Kuwait to Alexandria, Amman, Beirut, Jeddah (27 Oct 2007), Mashhad, Riyadh (27 Oct 2007), Sharm El Sheikh, Tehran.
Jet Airways - possibly to New Delhi, Mumbai and Kerala (approval still under consideration as of 16 Apr 2008).
JetLite (India) Ltd - Jet Airways budget airline subsidiary. Flights possibly from India West Coast from March 2008.
Jubba Airways - Aden, Bosaso, Dubai, Djibouti, Hargesia, Mogadishu, Sanaa
Kang Pacific - new airline expecting to fly from Fujairah International Airport from October 2007, initially flying to Bangladesh, India, Philippines, Sri Lanka and the UK. A cross between full-service and budget airline, whatever that means. Every second meal is free?
Kenya Airways - Guangzhou, Nairobi
KLM - Amsterdam
Korean Air - Cairo, Seoul-Incheon
Kuwait Airways - Kuwait City
Libyan Arab Airlines - Tripoli
Lufthansa - Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt, Munich
Mahan Airlines - Tehran-Imam Khomeini
Malaysian Airlines - Beirut, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur
Middle East Airlines - Beirut
Mihin Lanka - Colombo (from April 2007), GSA: www.omingaintl.com.
Naft Airlines
Norwegian Air Shuttle (NAS) - Oslo (Oct 2008), Stockholm (Oct 2008)
Olympic Airways - Athens, Kuwait
Oman Air - Beirut, Muscat, Salalah
Onur Airlines - Istanbul
Pakistan International Airlines - Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Multan, Nairobi, Peshawar
Qatar Airways - Doha
RAK Airways - flies out of Ras Al Khaimah, or will do when it gets started. Possibly in 2007, but frequent startup delays.
Royal Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan, London-Heathrow
Royal Jordanian - Amman
Royal Nepal Airlines - Kathmandu
Safi Airways - Kabul (10 Dec 2007)
SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) - Copenhagen (01 Nov 2007 - 31 Mar 2008)
Saudi Arabian Airlines - Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam
Shaheen Air - Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar
Siberia Airlines - Moscow-Domodedovo
Silverjet (Silver Jet), Business Class only - London (19 Nov 2007)
Singapore Airlines - Cairo, Istanbul, Moscow-Domodedovo, Singapore
Smart Wings Airlines (started 16 May 2007) - Prague, Budapest
Sri Lankan Airlines - Colombo, Kuwait, Male - code share flights with Emirates - look for 4 digits in the flight number eg EK 123 is an Emirates flight, EK 1234 is on a Sri Lanka plane (usually).
Sudan Airways - Doha, Khartoum
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) - Munich (codeshare with Lufthansa), Muscat, New Delhi (Oct 2007), Shanghai (Oct 2007), Zurich
Syrian Arab Airlines - Damascus
Tarom - Bucharest
Thavria Air Company
Thai Airways International - Bangkok, Kuwait, Madras
Trans Aero - Moscow-Domodedovo - also flies to Abu Dhabi (from 28 Oct 2006) and Sharjah.
Transportes Aereos Portugueses - Lisbon
Tunis Air - Beirut, Tunis
Turkish Airlines - Istanbul
Ukraine International Airlines - Kiev, Kuwait
Virgin Atlantic - London-Heathrow
Virgin Nigeria - Lagos
Yemenia - Aden, Bahrain, Dhaka, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Riyan, Sanaa

Flights to & from Abu Dhabi (AUH)

See Etihad Airlines heading. Other airlines to be added.

Air India Express IX (budget) - CCJ, COK, TRV, IXE
GMG Airlines - Dhaka (unconfirmed, start date unknown)
Jet Airways - Delhi DEL (23 April 2008), Mumbai BOM (23 April 2008)
Yeti Airlines - Kathmandu (06 Feb 2008)

Flights to & from Ajman

No airport yet but Ajman International Airport phase I construction scheduled mid 2008 start and completion by 2009.

Flights to & from Al Ain (AAN)

Etihad Airlines (via Abu Dhabi).
Air India Express IX (budget) - COK, CCJ
Midex Airlines - license awarded 2007, passenger services possibly from early 2008. Cargo flights to Orly in France, Mumbai and Kochi in India, Dhaka in Bangladesh, Istanbul and Beirut, unknown if passenger flights to same destinations. China and Sri Lanka also possible destinations (info from Reuters 15 Jan 2008).

Flights to & from Fujairah

Kang Pacific (launch date unconfirmed)

Flights to & from Ras Al Khaimah

RAK Airways - Bangalore (Apr 2008), Colombo, Delhi (Apr 2008), Dhaka, Kochi (Apr 2008), Mumbai (Apr 2008), Trivandrum (Apr 2008). Flight services planned for Bangladesh, Iran, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in 2008, Russia and CIS countries in 2009, Germany, France, Italy, Scandinavia, UK, and other European countries in 2010.

Flights to & from Sharjah (SHJ)

See Air Arabia heading. Other airlines to be added.

Air India Express IX (budget) - CCJ, COK, TRV
Yeti Airlines - Kathmandu

Cargo Flights to Dubai

China Airlines
DAS Air Cargo
DHL (Deutsche Post) / Lufthansa - from 2009
EVA Air Cargo
Emirates SkyCargo
FedEx
Lufthansa / DHL (Deutsche Post) - from 2009
Midex Airlines (from Al Ain, starting Feb/Mar 2008)
Pakistan International Cargo
Polar Air Cargo
Royal Airlines
Shaheen Air International
Star Air
Tarom Cargo
UPS

Private Jet Charters based or from Dubai

Austrian Business Jet (Austrian Airlines) - from March 2008?

This information last updated Sunday 20-Apr-2008

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