flyDubai Once Again to the Maldives from October Onwards

Monday 21st of September 2020

flyDubai Once Again to the Maldives from October Onwards

As of Sunday, September 20th 2020, Dubai-based airline, flydubai, had announced its resumption of flights to Male’, the capital city of Maldives. The service, which the carrier initially operated between 2013 and 2018, will be reinstated from 27 October due to popular demand as the sunny side of life welcomed back tourists of all nationalities earlier this summer.

flydubai flights will operate four times a week to Malé on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, bringing the number of destinations flydubai operates, to 40 across its network in Africa, Central Asia, Europe, Indian Subcontinent and the Middle East.

Ghaith Al Ghaith, Chief Executive Officer at flydubai, commented on the start of flights to Male that flydubai continues to see signs of recovery from the global pandemic hit as more countries start to lift restrictions on international travel. He highlighted that all stakeholders play a major role in safeguarding travel in this new environment and that flydubai strives to remain agile in its operations and is always committed to gradually adding more flights.

The carrier has been steadily increasing its operations since July and continues to operate all-cargo flights and repatriation flights in addition to its published schedule. The new service to the Maldives will give passengers more access to a holiday destination from Dubai and further afield whether connecting on the flydubai network or through its codeshare with Emirates.

Sudhir Sreedharan, Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations (UAE, GCC, Africa and the Indian Subcontinent) at flydubai, said that they are pleased to restart their operations to the Maldives, which has always been a popular destination with the UAE, GCC and the Russian speaking markets who are seeking a beach holiday. He highlighted that with Holidays by flydubai expanding its hotels and ancillary offering, they are now able to offer passengers full packages at affordable prices whether they choose to fly in Business or Economy.

By combining internally sourced wholesale hotel rates and rates provided by third parties with competitive airfares, Holidays by flydubai offers extremely competitive travel packages. Customers will also have the option to add various ancillary services to their holiday experience.

flydubai has recently introduced a new COVID-19 cover to encourage more people to travel with ease of mind knowing that they will be looked after well throughout the journey. Passengers booking with flydubai for travel between 01 September and 30 November 2020 will receive free global cover for COVID-19.

In the UAE, flydubai has also partnered with Aster DM Healthcare and NMC Healthcare to offer passengers PCR testing at special rates. To take advantage of these special rates, passengers must be able to present a valid flydubai booking confirmation along with their Emirates ID or passport copy.

And on top of it all, flydubai’s passenger experience has been redesigned to safely enable travel of passengers and crew while maintaining social distancing.

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