Flydubai, a Dubai-based carrier celebrates carrying more than 70 million passengers since its inauguration in 2009. More than five million of these passengers were carried on its African routes. More so, the flydubai passenger traffic between the UAE and its African routes grew by 108% since 2015, a record improvement.
Flydubai’s first flight was 10 years ago when the carrier took off from Dubai International airport enroute to Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, on 01 June 2009. This flight marked the beginning of a new period in the history of aviation in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
7 days later on 09 June 2009, flydubai marked the start of operations to its first African point, Egypt, Alexandria. Currently, the Dubai-based carrier has built a network of 12 points in Africa, most of which had been under served with very few or no direct air links to the UAE which the airline hopes to improve.
While, commenting on the 10th anniversary of the start of flydubai’s operations, the chairman of flydubai His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, said that, flydubai was launched with a mandate to open new markets and make travel more accessible to more people.
‘I am happy to see flydubai deliver on that commitment which has seen the airline connect 71 previously under served cities to Dubai allowing a population of 1.5 billion easier access to one of the world’s leading aviation hubs,” he said.
“Celebrating flydubai’s 10th anniversary, I am pleased to see the airline become another Dubai success story and look forward to their continued success in the years to come. I would like to thank all those who have worked tremendously hard to enable the airline to deliver this wonderful team effort,” added Sheikh Ahmed.
More so, Ghaith Al Ghaith, Chief Executive Officer of flydubai also commented that flydubai’s commitment to making travel more convenient and more affordable has only grown stronger over the past 10 years.
“It is the vision of our leadership and the continued investment in the country’s infrastructure that has enabled the airline to grow the demand for travel. We have remained agile, committed to efficiency and delivered reliable services keeping our customers at the heart of our operations.
Since commencing operations, flydubai has created a network of more than 90 destinations in 47 countries across Africa (12 points), Central Asia and the Caucasus (10 points), Europe (28 points), the GCC and the Middle East (26 points) and the Indian Subcontinent (18 points).
In under 10 years, flydubai has grown an extensive network across Africa and currently offers flights to Addis Ababa, Alexandria, Asmara, Djibouti, Entebbe, Hargeisa, Juba, Khartoum and Port Sudan as well as Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar.
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