Flydubai launches direct flights to Novosibirsk and Nizhniy Novgorod

Ghaith Al Ghaith, chief executive officer of flydubai, said: “The addition of Novosibirsk and Nizhniy Novgorod to our network is an important milestone for flydubai’s operations in Russia and brings the total number of destinations we serve in the country to 10. Both Russian cities are established economic hubs in the regions and we hope that our direct flights from Dubai will help to open up their tourist and business opportunities to travellers from the Middle East.” 

The three times weekly service to Novosibirsk and the twice weekly service to Nizhniy Novgorod will commence on 04 and 07 October 2015 respectively and will complement the already established large regional network the airline has built in Russia. The airline’s comprehensive network in the country includes daily flights to Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport, launched in September 2014, and flights to Kazan, Samara, Ufa and Yekaterinburg, which were launched throughout 2012. flydubai has also created an extensive network in the South of Russia, with flights to Krasnodar, Mineralnye Vody and Rostov-on-Don operating since April-September 2013. With the addition of these two new routes the total number of flydubai points in Russia has grown to 10. 

Jeyhun Efendi, senior vice president commercial of flydubai, said: “The launch of flights to Novosibirsk and Nizhny Novgorod further proves our commitment to providing passengers in Russia with direct air links to Dubai. Our research  has shown that direct air links are one of the main reasons our passengers from Russia choose to fly with us (29% of Economy Class and 45% of Business Class passengers). We are also pleased by how positively our Business Class has been received in Russia with 70% of our Business Class passengers choosing to fly with us again.”