Moscow welcomes first flydubai flight

Dubai-based flydubai’s inaugural flight to Moscow landed on Tuesday at Vnukovo International Airport and was welcomed with a traditional water cannon salute.

flydubai’s delegation was headed by Ghaith Al Ghaith, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and Jeyhun Efendi, Senior Vice President Commercial (U.A.E., EU, ME, CIS), and they were greeted by airport officials, including the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vnukovo International Airport, Vitaly Vantsev, and the General Director of Vnukovo International Airport, Vasily Alexandrov.

With the launch of direct daily flights to Moscow, flydubai now serves nine destinations in Russia and has one of the most comprehensive networks in the country among UAE-based airlines. In addition the airline offers Business Class and cargo services on each of its Russian routes.

Speaking at a press conference at Vnukovo International Airport, Ghaith Al Ghaith, said, "Since launching flights to Russia in 2010 we have consistently seen strong demand for travel between the UAE and Russia and with daily flights to Moscow, flydubai provides passengers with another option to travel between the two countries. The new route will enhance connectivity and strengthen trade, travel and tourism."

The U.A.E. and Russia enjoy strong economic ties and, according to the U.A.E. Ministry of Economy, trade between the countries grew by 90 per cent in 2013, exceeding USD 3 billion. The U.A.E. also ranks among the top 10 tourist destinations for Russian travellers.

flydubai launched flights to Samara and Yekaterinburg in 2010, followed by Kazan and Ufa in 2011 and doubled its network last year with four destinations in south-west Russia:  Krasnodar, Mineralnye Vody, Rostov-on-Don and Volgograd.

flydubai announces three routes in Tanzania

flydubai on Tuesday announced the launch of flights to Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar and Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.

Flights to the East African country will commence in October, expanding the airline’s network in Africa to 12 destinations.

Commenting on the launch of flights, Ghaith Al Ghaith, Chief Executive Officer of flydubai, said, "With the addition of these three new destinations in Tanzania we’ve doubled our network in North and East Africa this year."

flydubai recently announced the launch of flights to Bujumbura in Burundi, Entebbe in Uganda and Kigali in Rwanda and flights to these destinations will commence at the end of September.

Tanzania is a regional hub for tourism in East Africa and in 2013 the country welcomed over one million tourists. According to the Tanzania Tourism Board (TTB), this figure looks set with to double with two million tourists forecast by 2017.

"Our ever-expanding network supports Dubai’s Tourism Vision 2020 that aims to attract 20 million visitors to the Emirate by 2020. By offering reliable, affordable and convenient travel services from Tanzania, we provide passengers with the opportunity to travel to Dubai and connect onwards to more than 200 worldwide destinations through Dubai International Airport," commented Sudhir Sreedharan, Senior Vice President Commercial (GCC, Subcontinent and Africa).











 

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