flydubai has underscored the growing importance of the CIS region to its operations by announcing it is going to double its network in Russia to 8 points and add additional services in Ukraine.
In Russia, the carrier will launch flights to Mineralnye Vody on April 16th 2013 followed by Rostov-on-Don and Volgograd on September 13th 2013.
Operations to Krasnodar, meanwhile, will commence per week afterward September 20th 2013.
flydubai offers the sole year-round direct scheduled services to those cities, that are all located in South West Russia.
The route map in Ukraine, meanwhile, also will expand to incorporate the one direct services from Dubai to the Black Sea resort of Odessa in addition Dnepropetrovsk within the east of the rustic.
Flights to Odessa will begin on September 15th 2013, the similar day the carrier adds capacity to the capital, Kiev, to which it’ll fly double daily.
Services to Dnepropetrovsk will begin on September 18th 2013.
These additional operations bring flydubai’s network to 18 points within the CIS region – greater than some other Middle East carrier.
Speaking at a press conference held in the course of the annual Moscow International Travel & Tourism Exhibition, flydubai chief executive Ghaith Al Ghaith, said: “Russia and Ukraine are two of flydubai’s key markets.
“We have seen steady passenger growth during the last couple of years in both countries.
“Not only is Dubai a well-liked destination, but we’re seeing a growing number of passengers connecting directly to flydubai’s services to Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
“Our process of targeting regional airports was a major factor in our growth within the region and with the announcements of those six new routes today, a better variety of people would be capable of visit the UAE and beyond with our affordable direct flights.”
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