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flydubai aircraft hit by gunfire at Baghdad Airport
Flights into Baghdad International Airport have been cancelled today by several Gulf based carriers following Monday’s attack, by unknown assailants, on a flydubai Boeing 737 as it came into land reports Phil Blizzard in Dubai. A flydubai spokesperson told Breaking Travel News: “After landing at Baghdad International Airport on January 26th 2015, damage to the aircraft fuselage consistent with small arms fire was discovered on flydubai flight FZ 215.
Busiest weekend ever for Dubai International as Christmas getaway begins
The busiest weekend in the history of one of the world’s busiest international airports – Dubai International – was managed without a glitch following days of planning and preparation by operator Dubai Airports, partners and government authorities. The three terminals at Dubai International welcomed a total of 638,317 passengers from Thursday December 18th through Saturday December 20th.
Dubai-based flydubai reveals three new destinations
Dubai-based flydubai has announced the addition of three new routes to its growing network. Flights to Hargeisa in Somaliland, India’s Chennai, and Nejran in Saudi Arabia will commence in the first quarter of 2015, further expanding the carrier’s footprint to 89 destinations in 46 countries. From March 5th flydubai will become the first carrier to operate to Hargeisa, Somaliland from Dubai with four weekly flights.
Phil Blizzard Discovers Increased Connectivity to Dubai for Central and Eastern Europe with flydubai
Travel broadcaster Phil Blizzard takes off with this look at the new routes to and from Central and Eastern Europe by the award winning Dubai based carrier flydubai. The airline commences flights to Prague in the Czech Republic as of December 5th with 4 flights per week and a day later commences services, twice per week, to Bratislava in Slovakia. The Dubai based carrier will then commence flights to Sofia in Bulgaria as of December 14th, again on a twice weekly basis.
flydubai expands low-cost African route network with new departures
Dubai-based flydubai’s inaugural flights to Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar touched down earlier in Tanzania. The new routes further underline flydubai’s rapid expansion in Africa, which has seen the carrier’s network double to 12 destinations this year.
flydubai commences first of three services to Tanzania, East Africa
Dubai’s fast growing carrier, flydubai, has started today the first of three routes into Tanzania, East Africa with their daily service to Dar es Salaam, the political capital of the country. The service from Dubai International Airport will offer passengers the option of flydubai’s Business Class service for the flights to Julius Nyerere International Airport.
flydubai steps up services to Africa
Dubai-based flydubai has added a new service to Entebbe and Bujumbura. With the launch of daily direct flights to Entebbe, two onward flights a week to Kigali and three onward flights a week to Bujumbura, coupled with the recent announcement of three new routes in Tanzania, flydubai has doubled its presence in Africa to 12 destinations.
Low-cost carrier flydubai reaches destination milestone
Dubai-based flydubai has announced the addition of three new East African routes, bringing the total number of destinations in the carrier’s network to 80. With the launch of flights in September 2014 to Bujumbura in Burundi, Entebbe in Uganda and Kigali in Rwanda, flydubai will fly to nine destinations in Africa.
Breaking Travel News interview: Ghaith al Ghaith, chief executive, flydubai
Phil Blizzard here talks to Ghaith al Ghaith, chief executive, flydubai as they launch new services to India. Three new destinations were added to their network in the first week of June.
NATS signs up for Dubai airspace deal with flydubai
UK air traffic service provider NATS has signed a Memorandum of Co-operation with Dubai-based airline flydubai. The deal will allow the two organisations to explore how their core capabilities can be utilised to deliver significant benefits to the airline’s business.
Ghaith Al Ghaith, chief executive, flydubai
Ghaith Al Ghaith, chief executive, flydubai, speaks to Breaking Travel News at Arabian Travel Market 2014.
FlyDubai launches flights to Aden and Kandahar
FlyDubai is launching a three times weekly service to Aden and a twice weekly service to Kandahar, starting on 01 August and 25 July 2014 respectively. These new route launches bring the airline’s network to 68 destinations.