Emirates and flydubai could operate from single terminal at Dubai Airport

Emirates and flydubai could use the same terminal at Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travellers, after expanding their commercial relationship earlier this year, the head of the airport operator said. Emirates, the Middle East’s largest airline, exclusively uses Terminal 3 with the exception of some Qantas flights, which will end next year. Budget airline flydubai shares Terminal 2, on the other side of the airport, with other carriers. Proposals to improve connections for passengers between the two airlines are under consideration, including whether it’s feasible for them to operate out of Terminal 3. “We need to make a strategic decision about how the traffic distribution will work,” Dubai Airports CE Paul Griffiths said Thursday. “Then we need to move quickly into a design and construction phase to build whatever facilities are necessary for that, or adapt existing facilities around the new business model.” Emirates and flydubai agreed in July to coordinate on network planning, schedules and frequent flyer programmes, and said they would align airport systems and operations, but did not say how that would happen.<br/>