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flydubai and Emirates: Rewarding travellers through partnership and enhanced connectivity

flydubai and Emirates: Rewarding travellers through partnership and enhanced connectivity

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 20 November 2025: The flydubai and Emirates partnership exemplifies industry-leading collaboration, seamlessly connecting millions of travellers across an extensive global network while rewarding Emirates Skywards members through the joint loyalty programme. ​

Here are eight facts to know about the benefits that travellers have enjoyed so far:

  1. The world is your oyster: The flydubai and Emirates partnership unlocks a combined network of 245 destinations in 103 countries.
  2. Joining forces to broaden horizons: flydubai passengers can access 107 Emirates unique destinations, while Emirates customers can explore a further 103 flydubai destinations. Popular destinations for customers include Kathmandu, Baku, Krabi, Belgrade and Zanzibar.
  3. More destinations and counting: The latest exciting destinations that joined flydubai’s network in 2025 include Chișinău, Iași, Vilnius, Riga and Nairobi and Emirates destinations launched include Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Siem Reap and Da Nang.
  4. Growing the partnership: Both airlines carried more than 5 million passengers on codeshare flights in the last year alone – a 10% increase over the previous year. Since 2017, more than 22 million customers have travelled across the joint network of both carriers.
  5. Travelling better: Last year, passengers opted to book 20% more seats in Emirates’ premium cabins (First Class, Business Class and Premium Economy) for elevated levels of comfort. Through the partnership, bookings for Premium Economy seats grew by 130%.
  6. Effortless journeys: From streamlined check-in and baggage transfers to optimised schedules and Terminal 3 access in Dubai, every touchpoint is designed for seamless travel. flydubai Business Class passengers enjoy elevated service at Terminal 2, personalised Meet and Assist, seated check-in, and Fast Track priority through security.
  7. The benefits of earning and burning: Emirates Skywards, the award-winning loyalty programme of flydubai and Emirates, continues to offer members one loyalty currency and fantastic rewards. Through the joint programme, nearly 18 million Emirates Skywards members have earned 311 billion Skywards Miles and redeemed 303 billion Skywards Miles. All Platinum, Gold and Silver Tier status members also enjoy additional benefits such as lounge access, extra baggage allowance and priority check-in on flydubai and Emirates.
  8. Miles go a long way: The loyalty programme also recently launched Classic Rewards, an easy and simple way for members to use a fixed number of Skywards Miles to book reward flights. Flight rewards on flydubai start from as low as 5,000 Skywards Miles, giving access to more than 130+ destinations including seasonal favourites such as Mykonos, Bodrum, Olbia, and many others. In addition, with the recently enhanced Cash+Miles option on flydubai, members can enjoy even greater value - 3,500 Miles gets you AED 100 off flydubai ticket prices.

Customers travelling to and through Dubai benefit from parallel product investments by both carriers. flydubai is committed to enhancement, having retrofitted 15 aircraft this year as part of its own fleet modernisation programme, complemented by the launch of a dedicated Business Class check-in area at Terminal 2 that elevates the ground experience. Emirates’ extensive retrofit programme, covering close to 220 aircraft with nose-to-tail refurbishments and new Premium Economy cabins, continues to gather momentum.

flydubai and Emirates operate flights from and to Dubai with a combined fleet of 363 modern aircraft. flydubai utilises its 96 B737 aircraft to carry out its operations while Emirates’ fleet of 267 widebody aircraft consist of a mix of A380’s, B777’s and A350’s. Dubai’s aviation sector will continue to play a key role in achieving the goals set within the D33 Economic Agenda, including reaching a combined network of 400 destinations from Dubai, and both flydubai and Emirates are committed to achieving the target.

Tickets can be booked on flydubai.com and emirates.com, the Emirates App, Emirates Retail stores, Emirates and flydubai contact centres, or via travel agents.

 

About flydubai

From its home in Dubai, flydubai has created a network of more than 135 destinations served by a fleet of 96 aircraft. Since commencing operations in June 2009, flydubai has been committed to removing barriers to travel, creating free flows of trade and tourism and enhancing connectivity between different cultures across its ever-expanding network.

flydubai has marked its journey with a number of milestones:

An expanding network: Created a network of more than 135 destinations in 57 countries across Africa, Central Asia, the Caucasus, Central and South-East Europe, the GCC and the Middle East, South Asia and South-East Asia.

Serving underserved markets: Opened more than 100 new routes that did not previously have direct air links to Dubai or were not served by a UAE national carrier from Dubai.

An efficient single fleet-type: Operates a single fleet-type of 95 Boeing 737 aircraft and includes: 27 Next-Generation Boeing 737-800, 66 Boeing 737 MAX 8 and 03 Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft.

Enhancing connectivity: Carried more than 120 million passengers since it began operations in 2009.

 

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