Karachi, 24 November 2022: This month marks five years since Emirates and flydubai activated
their extensive partnership and joined forces to offer customers unrivalled travel options to every
corner of the globe. They’ve certainly delivered on their promise. The carriers’ joint route network
has significantly expanded, enabling more than 11 million customers to connect on over 250,000
flights and benefit from seamless travel since the partnership launched in 2017.
The innovative partnership goes beyond the standard codesharing model and today includes
integrated network collaboration, schedule optimisation, seamless connectivity at Dubai
International airport (DXB) between Terminals 2 and 3, baggage transfers on a single itinerary,
as well as reciprocal loyalty benefits under the joint loyalty programme, Emirates Skywards.
Here’s five key highlights of Emirates and flydubai’s partnership and the benefits it offers to
customers:
Joint network offers unrivalled choice: Today, customers have access to 215 destinations
across 98 countries, with over 250 codeshare flights to choose from on an average day. Emirates
customers can book flights to over 80 unique flydubai destinations and flydubai customers can
choose from over 99 Emirates destinations. Popular customer favourites, whether travelling for
business or leisure include: Kathmandu, Kuwait, the Maldives, and Zanzibar.
Joint loyalty programme maximising customer rewards: More than 8.5 million members
have been able to enjoy joint Emirates and flydubai frequent flyer programme benefits, earning
150 billion Skywards Miles in the last five years through the partnership.
Seamless connectivity at DXB: Customers enjoy seamless check-in, efficient baggage
transfers, passenger access to Emirates’ lounges at Terminal 3 and the flydubai lounge at
Terminal 2, reduced connection times as both airlines expand their flight schedules, and
convenient connections to 33 flydubai destinations operated from Emirates Terminal 3 in DXB.
Continued network growth: New travel opportunities are being created for the 270,000
passengers who connect between both airlines each month as Emirates and flydubai continue to
add more flights to their schedules. This offers customers more flexibility with multiple daily flight
departures to destinations like Bahrain, Kuwait, Karachi, the Maldives, key cities in Saudi Arabia
and Tel Aviv. Both airlines also continue to expand their networks, with Emirates recently
reinstating flights to Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires. In 2022, flydubai’s network has grown
bigger than ever, launching flights to Al Ula, Namangan, Osh, Pisa and Samarkand, to name a
few. flydubai has also announced services to Gan in the Maldives, Cagliari and Milan-Bergamo in
Italy, Corfu in Greece and Krabi and Pattaya in Thailand from 2023 as well as the resumption of
flights to Abha, Ha’il, Hofuf and Tabuk in Saudi Arabia.
Continued investment in enhancing the customer experience: Emirates will retrofit 120
aircraft with Premium Economy seats starting this month as part of a $2 billion investment which
also includes elevated dining options and more sustainable choices. flydubai has debuted a new
Business Class recliner seat offering customers more comfort on its short and medium haul
flights. flydubai has grown its fleet to 70 Boeing 737 aircraft and will retrofit a number of its
existing aircraft, as well as equip its future aircraft, with its new Business Class seats.
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