Flydubai

Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee has today released the final report into the fatal crash of flydubai flight FZ981 on 19th March 2016 in Rostov-on-Don.  The accident killed all 62 people on board the Boeing 737, including the two pilots, five…

The budget airline flydubai has reported a first-half loss of $53.6 million (AED 196.7 million) with the carrier’s chief executive, Ghaith Al Ghaith pegging the blame on the worldwide grounding of Boeing 737MAX aircraft.  flydubai currently has 14 Boeing 737MAX8…

Dubai’s very own homegrown low-cost airline aptly named flydubai will celebrate its 10th birthday in just over a month’s time – it doesn’t feel like the government-owned carrier has been around for that long at all but flydubai actually started…

Yesterday, we reported an incident which recently took place at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport involving a flydubai operated Boeing 737 aircraft.  According to the Aviation Herald, on the morning of the 2nd December, the pilots of flydubai flight FZ918 had attempted to…

Updated: 6th December 2018: In an emailed statement, flydubai has confirmed that this incident is still under investigation.  The cause of the incident has not been determined and this article is not intended to infer in any way that pilot…

Rising oil prices have not been kind to low-cost airline flydubai as the airline today reported a huge $86.3 million USD loss for the first six months of the year.  The loss compares to a $10.1 million profit the Dubai-based…

The Dubai-based budget airline, flydubai is once again calling out for new join cabin crew to join its ranks.  The application window opened yesterday and anyone who’s interested in pursuing a career with the rapidly expanding airline can apply for…

A flydubai plane bound for Kabul in Afghanistan was forced to return to Dubai early this morning due to what authorities in the UAE are calling an “accidental incident” involving a disruptive passenger onboard.  However, an Iranian news agency earlier…

flydubai, the low-cost Dubai-based airline has said it is “cautiously optimistic about 2018” but admits the operational climate last year “remained challenging” as it publishes its latest financial results for 2017. The airline announced revenues of $1.5 billion USD with…

In the first 6-months of the year, flydubai welcomed nearly five and a half million passengers onboard its aircraft – that’s over 10% more than the same period in 2016.  It’s a fantastic figure and just goes to show how…

Nowadays building a following on Facebook is easier said than done – so it’s with understandable pride that the Dubai-based low-cost carrier, flydubai announced today that it had reached a social media milestone of one million fans on its Facebook…

The first Boeing 737MAX aircraft belonging to low-cost airline flydubai took off from the Boeing delivery center in Seattle today.  The Dubai-based airline has 75 of the next generation aircraft on order with deliveries expected over the next few years. …

flydubai is once again expanding its route network as it announces the introduction of direct services between Dubai and three new destinations in Russia.  It builds on the low-cost carrier’s plan to build its presence in otherwise underserved destinations.  flydubai…

The Dubai-based low-cost airline, flydubai has been making some big announcements at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg this week.  As the airline prepares for the first of its new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft to be delivered later this…

The Dubai-based low-cost carrier, flydubai has just unveiled its full year results for 2016, reporting a modest profit of AED 31.6 million (USD $8.6 million).  The results mark flydubai’s fifth consecutive year in the black with increased passenger numbers and…

The future looked very uncertain for Flydubai; passenger numbers had plummeted after the tragic loss of flight FZ981 at Rostov-on-Don Airport in Russia on 19th March 2016.  All 55 passengers and 7 crew died when the Flydubai jet burst into…