Following the commencement of their partnership, Emirates and flydubai revealed that the former will expand its network to 29 flydubai destinations across three continents.
Passengers can book from today (October 3) onwards on Emirates.com, through the Emirates Contact Centres or the travel agents network with travel commencing from October 29, 2017.
The 29 codeshare routes include, Baku, Sarajevo, Sofia, Prague, Asmara, Tbilisi, Lucknow, Ahwaz, Bandar Abbas, Esfahan, Lar, Shiraz, Najaf, Kuwait, Bishkek, Skopje, Muscat, Salalah, Bucharest, Kazan, Krasnodar, Mineralnye Vody, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Yekaterinburg, Belgrade, Juba, Kiev Zhulyany, and Odessa.
When booked together, as part of the codeshare, Emirates passengers will receive complimentary meals and the Emirates checked baggage allowance on flights operated by flydubai in both business and economy classes.
Under the new partnership passengers will benefit from a reduced minimum connection time (MCT) between Emirates’ home in Terminal 3 and flydubai’s in Terminal 2 of 120 minutes.
In this first phase of the partnership, Emirates Skywards members can earn Skywards miles and Skywards Tier Miles on codeshare flights as per the existing Skywards mileage programme.
In addition to the Emirates free checked baggage allowance, Skywards Premium members can also enjoy their extra checked baggage allowances of 20kg (platinum members), 16kg (gold members) and 12kg (silver members) on codeshare flights operated by flydubai.
Skywards silver, gold and platinum members travelling on codeshare flights can access flydubai’s business check-in counters and receive priority tags.
The Emirates-flydubai alliance is said to have a positive impact on Dubai's mid-market hotels, according to hoteliers in the emirate.
Last month Emirates ramped up its service to Egypt with the launch of four additional scheduled flights every week to Cairo.
It also announced that it would introduce a fourth daily service from Dubai to Sydney from March 25, 2018, adding to its existing three daily A380 services.
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