flydubai sees record number of passengers over the summer

The UAE-based flydubai airline recorded a historic increase in its seasonal operations by carrying over 4m passengers between June and mid-September 2023, up 30% compared to the same period in 2022. According to a statement by the company, the carrier operated over 32,000 flights across 120 destinations in 52 countries, with Corfu in Greece and Olbia in Sardinia as the latest two additions to the airline’s summer routes. flydubai CEO Ghaith Al-Ghaith said they continue to create free trade and tourism flows by offering the right product at the right time, making travel accessible to new and previously underserved markets. “By doing so, we have enabled more than 4m passengers to travel this summer via Dubai’s aviation hub,” Al-Ghaith added. He further said that they are very pleased to see year-on-year growth in demand on their seasonal destinations, adding that they have recorded a 70% increase in passenger numbers to Trabzon and more than 40% to Bodrum this summer. “We believe these figures could have potentially been even higher if the aircraft we ordered had been delivered on schedule. This would have enabled us to add more capacity on some of these popular routes,” Al-Ghaith explained. He further said that the delay in delivery is a “big problem” that they have been suffering from since last year. <br/>