It expects to receive 17 new aircraft in 2023

Flydubai confirms the continuation of recruitment campaigns...and 1,200 new employees in 2022

Flydubai continues to add new destinations to its network.

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Flydubai revealed that about 1,200 employees joined its work in various departments and sectors during 2022, raising the total size of its workforce to more than 4,600 employees at the end of last year.

The company told «Emirates Today» that the recruitment campaigns will continue during the current year, in light of the expansions it is witnessing, pointing out that it received 21 aircraft in 2022, and aims to receive 17 aircraft during the current year.

Company fleet

Flydubai stated that the carrier's fleet arrived at the end of December 2022 to about 71 aircraft, including 36 Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, three Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft, and 32 Boeing 737 generation aircraft. the new.

She stated that, since its inception, it has succeeded in connecting between 70 and 80 destinations that were not previously connected to direct flights to and from Dubai, noting that from its headquarters in Dubai, it has established a network of more than 115 destinations, served by a fleet of more than 70 aircraft in 53 countries, via Africa, Central Asia and the Caucasus, Central and Southeast Europe, the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent.

The company had previously told Emirates Today that it expected to receive 154 Max aircraft until 2029.

Flydubai confirmed that it will continue to operate a fleet consisting of Boeing aircraft - the "new generation 737" and "737 Max" during the coming period, expecting that the last aircraft from the "Boeing 737 new generation" within the company's fleet will retire in 2025. .

These data show a significant growth in the size of the airline's fleet, which began operations in June 2009, as part of its commitment to removing barriers to travel, facilitating the flow of trade and tourism, and promoting communication between different cultures through its ever-growing network.

new destinations

With increased demand for travel and an ever-growing network, flydubai continues to add new destinations to its network, having launched destinations across Africa, Europe, Central Asia, the GCC countries, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent.

The airline aims not only to continue expanding this network, but also to make the flight as efficient as possible, while providing more scheduled flights, direct destinations, and options on the flight.

Since 2008, the company has placed three orders for aircraft, and announced the largest single-aisle aircraft purchase in the region at the Dubai Airshow 2017.

«business class»

Flydubai also introduced the “business class” travel experience on its flights, with express services for completing travel procedures and priority for ground services, including check-in, bus services, boarding the plane, and relaxation before the flight in the business class lounge in Terminal (2). at Dubai International Airport.

As for flights departing from Terminal 3, passengers can use the business class lounge of Emirates Airlines, in addition to access to business class lounges at airports in most cities within its network.

11 million passengers and 250 thousand trips

In July 2017, Emirates Airlines and Fly Dubai announced a wide-ranging partnership, as the two airlines united their efforts to offer various travel options to customers.

This partnership provides Flydubai customers with easy connecting flights with Emirates Airlines destinations around the world, which extend across six continents, while Emirates Airlines customers will be able to access Flydubai's regional network and destinations that were not previously enjoyed. Connected services.

The innovative partnership goes beyond participating in "codeshare" flights, to provide more flights and easy access to more global destinations, with the advantage of baggage delivery to the final destination.

At the end of November 2022, the network of common routes of the two airlines allowed more than 11 million customers to continue their travel smoothly on more than 250,000 flights since the launch of the partnership in 2017.

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