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.
