DXB runway work: flydubai to operate some flights from DWC

Flydubai has announced that it will operate flights to select destinations from Dubai World Central (DWC) in order to provide more travel options to passengers during the Dubai International Airport northern runway refurbishment work.

 

The rehabilitation project is scheduled to take place from May 9 to June 22.

 

Flydubai will operate flights to 34 destinations from DWC during the period of the refurbishment project to ensure minimum disruption to passengers’ travel plans. 

 

At DWC, passengers will continue to benefit from all the convenient travel services offered by flydubai. During this period flights to five of these destinations will also be available from DXB. Flights to all other flydubai destinations will continue to operate from Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 at Dubai International (DXB).

 

Flydubai’s Chief Executive Officer, Ghaith Al Ghaith, said: “As we saw in 2019, runway enhancement programmes continue to support the long-term vision for Dubai as it reinforces its position as one of the world’s leading aviation hubs. We look forward to the completion of the northern runway refurbishment programme and the efficiencies it will bring to our home at Dubai International (DXB). With flydubai flights operating to select destinations from DWC, we aim to provide our passengers with as much choice as possible to travel across our network with minimum disruption as more countries open up for travel.”

 

Flights to 34 destinations from flydubai’s network of more than 90 destinations will operate from DWC during the runway refurbishment project including flights to Addis Ababa, Bahrain, Delhi, Jeddah, Kuwait, Mumbai, Muscat and Riyadh. Following the completion of the runway refurbishment project on June 22, flydubai will resume its flights to all destinations from Dubai International (DXB).

 

The following is the list of destinations operating from DWC during the northern runway refurbishment project. Flights to the destinations marked with an asterisk will be available from both DXB and DWC during this period:

 

Addis Ababa, Ahmedabad, Alexandria*, AlUla, Bahrain, Chattogram, Chennai, Dammam, Delhi, 

Dhaka, Doha, Entebbe*, Faisalabad, Hyderabad, Jeddah, Karachi, Kathmandu*, Khartoum*, Kochi, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Kuwait, Lucknow, Madinah, Mashhad*, Multan, Mumbai, Muscat, Najaf, Quetta, Riyadh, Salalah, Sialkot, and Yanbu. -TradeArabia News Service