The strategic partnership between Dubai’s two airlines Emirates and flydubai is set to grow even further in 2019 with new codeshare destinations to be added.
During 2019 the network of flights will be further expanded, with the launch of new flydubai destinations Naples and Budapest, as well as several others to be announced soon. flydubai flights to Chittagong will also restart from 20 January, while flights to Kozhikode, Kerala, will start from 1 February.
The partnership, which came into effect at the end of October 2017, has since delivered a number of benefits to both airlines’ customers, such as offering greater global connectivity and the convenience of travelling on a single ticket with seamless point to point baggage handling.
Between January and December 2018, the two airlines have jointly carried 3.29 million customers on codeshare flights across 84 destinations.
Through the codeshare partnership, Emirates customers can access 67 additional destinations through flydubai’s network, while flydubai customers have 115 additional destinations they can travel to on Emirates network.
The partnership started with codeshare flights to just 29 cities, and has since expanded to 84, including new flydubai destinations such as Catania, Krakow, Dubrovnik and Helsinki.
Since 2 December last year, 11 flydubai flights started to operate from Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport to help improve the connections between Emirates and flydubai. These are Belgrade, Bishkek, Bucharest, Catania, Helsinki, Krakow, Mineralnye Vody, Prague, Rostov-on-Don, Salalah and Zagreb. During this year, more flights, including Naples and Budapest, will be departing from Terminal 3, further improving the connection experience for customers.
