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FlyDubai (FZ) budget airline Dubai tel for bookings +971-4-3010800

FlyDubai (or flydubai, Fly Dubai, airline code FZ) is a budget carrier operating out of Dubai with first flight date of 01 June 2009 from Dubai to Beirut. A low-cost carrier for Dubai was first announced and established by the Dubai Government in March 2008, and the name FlyDubai was announced June 2008. Initially, FlyDubai was to operate out of the new Al Maktoum International Airport in Jebel Ali (DWC) but in March 2009 FlyDubai announced they would be flying out of a refurbished Terminal 2 at Dubai International Airport although the FlyDubai website still said "We will be based at Al Maktoum International" at the time of the announcement (11 March 2009 press release). FlyDubai might, or will, move to JXB at some future date. T2 is the terminal on the Sharjah side (or north side) of Dubai Airport and sees much less activity than T1 which most people know, and T3 which opened late in 2008 and is dedicated to Emirates Airlines. FlyDubai is being launched with the support of Emirates Airlines apparently (but we don't really know what that means). The big birds launched by Fly Dubai generally flap off to destinations within about 5 hours from Dubai, much the same as Air Arabia started off doing when they launched their budget flights from Sharjah Airport in October 2003.

FlyDubai Business Class

New Fly Dubai Business Class section announced 19 Jun 2013.

Flydubai business class destinations
FlyDubai visa services
Visas to UAE
Visas to other countries (FlyDubai destination visas)
Fly Dubai ticket purchase and payment options - where to buy FlyDubai tickets
FlyDubai destinations and routes

FlyDubai timetable moved to new page.

FlyDubai announced on 06 April 2009 that their first destinations would be Amman in Jordan and Beirut in Lebanon. Other initial destinations are likely to be Asia - probably India, and busy routes to Middle East cities. Future destinations will probably include North Africa, East Africa, and nearby European cities. FlyDubai hope to have up to 16 routes and destinations by the end of 2009 according to the CEO - "by the end of the year there will be 12 to 16 destinations, depending on the approvals" (Emirates Business report 27 April 2009).

FlyDubai India routes delays and cancellations
FlyDubai and disabled, handicapped, special needs passengers

Fly Dubai allows passengers with physical handicaps to fly with them, in accordance with international guidelines ... except when they don't ...

FlyDubai new destinations and routes in 2014

  1. Almaty, Kazakhstan - start date Sep 2014.
  2. Bhubaneswar, India - start date unknown, see information below.
  3. Delhi, India - start date June 2014.
  4. Kochi, India - start date June 2014.
  5. Mumbai, India - 5x weekly flights to Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM), start date 28 Oct 2014 (announced 23 Jul 2014). Economy fares from AED 925 return, business class from AED 2500 return.
  6. Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina - start date Dec 2014 (announced 16 Jul 2014).
  7. Shymkent, Kazakhstan - start date Sep 2014. Airport code CIT (city also or previously known as Chimkent, Cimkent).
  8. Trivandrum, India - start date June 2014.
  9. Zagreb, Croatia - start date Dec 2014 (announced 16 Jul 2014).

[Check] Ashgabat, Baku, Belgrade, Chisinau, Dushanbe, Skopje, Tbilisi, Yerevan.

FlyDubai route updates in 2014

FlyDubai new destinations and routes in 2013

Incomplete, see section below for new routes (alphabetical) previous information. As of 11 Nov 2013, 16 new destinations in 2013 (PR).

  1. Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine - start date Sep 2013?
  2. Dushanbe, Tajikistan, start date Apr or May 2013?
  3. Ha'il (Hail), Saudi Arabia
  4. Juba, South Sudan - start date 21 Mar 2013? Flights 4x weekly on Mon, Tue, Fri, Sat. Return fare prices from about AED 2,400 (US$650).
  5. Kiev, Ukraine - start date Sep 2013?
  6. Krasnodar, Russia - start date Sep 2013?
  7. Male, Maldives
  8. Mattala Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka - start date May 2013?
  9. Medina, Saudi Arabia
  10. Multan, Pakistan
  11. Odessa, Ukraine
  12. Osh, Kyrgyzstan - start date May 2013?
  13. Rostov on Don, Russia - start date Sep 2013?
  14. Salalah, Oman - start date May 2013?
  15. Sialkot, Pakistan
  16. Volgograd, Russia - start date Sep 2013?
FlyDubai new routes information
  1. Unclear which is correct time. FlyDubai timetable says 1350 arrival KUF and 1450 departure from KUF, but press release says "Flight FZ903 will ... arrive in Samara at 1450hrs local time. The return flight FZ904 leaves Kurumoch International Airport at 1550hrs ..."
Flydubai flights to Iraq
FlyDubai bookings and what is included
Fly Dubai in-flight entertainment
Fly Dubai jobs
Other FlyDubai information
FlyDubai first 12 months of operation

Some FlyDubai numbers and statistics from a press release 02 June 2010 for the first year of operation (01 June 2009 to 01 June 2010):

FlyDubai aircraft fleet and orders
FlyDubai incidents and plane crashes
Last update Wednesday 23-Jul-2014
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