Low-cost carrier Flydubai next year will begin service between Dubai and Mombasa, Kenya, the carrier announced.
The service will begin on Jan. 17 and will operate four times per week, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Emirates also will codeshare on the route, enabling further connections out of Dubai, according to Flydubai.
The Mombasa route will be Flydubai’s 11th in its African network, where the carrier sees “a lot of potential,” according to Flydubai CEO Ghaith Al Ghaith. “Dubai has seen steady growth in investment from Africa since Expo 2020, with more than 26,000 African companies registered with Dubai Chamber,” he said in a statement. “Our direct flights to Mombasa from January and our growing operations in Africa will further support free flows of trade and tourism between the [United Arab Emirates] and the East African markets.”
Other African destinations in Flydubai’s network include Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Alexandria, Egypt; Asmara, Eritrea; Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar in Tanzania; Djibouti; Entebbe, Uganda; Hargeisa (Somaliland) and Mogadishu in Somalia; and Juba, South Sudan.
Source: BTN
