Emirates and flydubai codeshare to provide more options for travellers

  • Date: 18-May-2021
  • Source: Gulf Today
  • Sector:Tourism
  • Country:UAE
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Emirates and flydubai codeshare to provide more options for travellers

Emirates and flydubai codeshare to provide more options for travellers

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Visitors at the Arabian Travel Market exhibition in Dubai on Monday. Reuters

Inayat-ur-Rahman, Gulf Today

Emirates and flydubai airlines will have a combined network of 168 destinations by the end of May, offering more convenience, choice and seamless connectivity for travellers across their combined network.

Since the revival of the airlines’ codeshare partnership in September 2020, close to 500,000 passengers have flown on the combined network.

Top destinations booked through the codeshare include Kabul, Kathmandu, Kyiv, the Maldives and Zanzibar.

Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Group and Chairman of flydubai, said, “The Emirates and flydubai partnership continues to grow steadily to offer travellers even better connectivity to Dubai, and through Dubai to an extensive global network.”

“We are seeing strong customer take-up and are excited to take the partnership to the next level by expanding services to new destinations. The close collaboration between Emirates and flydubai also benefits Dubai as a business, leisure, and aviation hub with enhanced connectivity and travel flows from the combined network of both carriers as it continues to safely welcome visitors from around the world. We’re confident that both airlines will