Flydubai Issues Travel Advisory, Claiming It Busiest Summer Season Ever

On Monday, Flydubai announced that this summer is going to be the busiest ever for the Dubai-based with over 4.5 million passengers travelling during the four months as it expands its route network to meet the demand in the growth of passenger traffic in the post-pandemic period.

The airline has hiked capacity by 33 per cent between June 1 and September 30 as revenge travel has taken off at an exceptionally fast pace in the past two years.

An average of 9,400 flights per month are scheduled across flydubai’s network between June 1 and September 30, with August being the busiest month.

Flydubai has grown its network in Europe to 28 destinations, including five destinations in Italy, Belgrade, Budapest, Prague, Salzburg, Warsaw, Zagreb and many more. The carrier has increased capacity by 20 per cent on select destinations across its network to accommodate the surge in demand for travel over the Eid Al Adha holiday period between June 24 and July 2, including Baku, Beirut, Colombo, Male, Tbilisi, Yerevan and Zanzibar.

Here Is How To Beat The Rush During Peak Season

• Arrive at airport 4 hours before departure
• Check-in closes 60 minutes before departure
• Boarding gates close 20 minutes before departure
• Online check-in opens from 48 hours to 90 minutes before the flight departure
• Check baggage allowance before travel
• Check visas and health requirements
• Check other documents required at destination
• Check in, drop off baggage prior to departure

UAE airlines have been increasing flight frequencies to meet growing demand. Dubai International (DXB) airport reached over 21.2 million passengers traffic in the first quarter of 2023, just shy of its pre-pandemic numbers.

As the summer holiday season has set in and the Eid Al Adha holidays begin next week, passenger traffic has already substantially increased at airports across the UAE.