flydubai & Air Canada ink codeshare deal to offer convenient travel options

flydubai & Air Canada ink codeshare deal to offer convenient travel options

Dubai-based carrier, flydubai has entered into a new partnership with Air Canada in order to give customers flying between Canada, the Middle East, East Africa, Indian Subcontinent, and Southern Asia more convenient travel options.

According to the statement, “Pending final regulatory approval, Air Canada’s marketing code will be placed on nine routes operated from Dubai by flydubai, giving customers the ability to travel to these markets with the issuance of a single ticket.”

The nine routes include Bahrain, Dammam, Jeddah, Madinah, and Muscat in the GCC as well as to Colombo and Karachi in the Indian Subcontinent.

Further, through an interline arrangement, customers will be able to seamlessly connect in Dubai to more than 60 destinations that flydubai flies to in the Middle East, East Africa, and Southern Asia – including Djibouti, Kathmandu, and the Maldives. Of these destinations, more than 30 are unique to flydubai and not flown by other partners of Air Canada.

Commenting on the codeshare announcement, Mr. Hamad Obaidalla, Chief Commercial Officer at flydubai, said that, “We are very pleased to be adding Air Canada to our list of partners and to offer their passengers a seamless travel experience on the flydubai network. We look forward to growing this partnership