Flydubai eyes major expansion as Dubai airport traffic rebounds

Flydubai eyes major expansion as Dubai airport traffic rebounds

Dubai’s flagship budget airline flydubai is on track to continue expansion with an additional 150 new aircraft that are joining its fleet by 2029 as Dubai International Airport looks set to achieve pre-Covid-19 traffic levels by the end of 2023.

Ghaith Al Ghaith, CEO of flydubai, said the Dubai-based airline continued to create free flows of trade and tourism through one of the most challenging times in aviation history.

“Since 2021, we have taken delivery of 22 new aircraft, begun operations to more than 45 destinations, and grown our workforce by 25 per cent. We are well placed to continue with our growth trajectory over the next few years supported by an additional 150 new aircraft scheduled for delivery by 2029,” Al Ghaith said on Tuesday at the Global Aviation Conference in Dubai.

The two-day event, hosted by KPMG Lower Gulf, was attended by Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and chairman of the General Civil Aviation Authority, along with speakers, including senior executives from Etihad, Dnata, and flydubai, as well as KPMG leaders flying in from all over the world.

Al Ghaith said the Global Aviation Conference could not have a better venue than Dubai, “a destination which epitomises resilience and