Flydubai, Air Canada announce codeshare partnership

Dubai-based carrier Flydubai has announced a new partnership with Air Canada to offer enhanced travel options for passengers flying between Canada, the Middle East, East Africa, the Indian Subcontinent and Southern Asia.

Subject to final regulatory approval, Air Canada’s marketing code will be applied to nine routes operated by flydubai from Dubai.

The partnership enables customers to conveniently travel to these markets by obtaining a single ticket. The nine routes encompass Bahrain, Dammam, Jeddah, Madinah, and Muscat in the GCC, along with Colombo and Karachi in the Indian Subcontinent.

Additionally, through an interline arrangement, customers will be able to seamlessly connect in Dubai to more than 60 destinations that flydubai flies to in the Middle East, East Africa and Southern Asia – including Djibouti, Kathmandu and the Maldives.

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Of these destinations, more than 30 are unique to flydubai and not flown by other partners of Air Canada.

Commenting on the codeshare announcement, Hamad Obaidalla, chief commercial officer at flydubai, said: “We are very pleased to be adding Air Canada to our list of partners and to offer their passengers a seamless travel experience on the flydubai network.

We look forward to growing this partnership that offers passengers the benefits and the convenience of connecting via the Dubai aviation hub and we look forward to welcoming them on board soon.”

Mark Galardo, executive vice president – Revenue and Network Planning at Air Canada, said: “Air Canada is very pleased to partner with flydubai, further expanding our connectivity to the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent, a growing source of immigration and travel to Canada.

This new partnership is a perfect complement to Air Canada’s nonstop service to Dubai from Toronto and Vancouver, and growing our relationship with Emirates, flydubai’s codeshare partner. Together we look forward to bringing together our networks and building a better experience for our customers.”

The airlines also plan on further improving the connection process in Dubai and are working toward introducing expanded features and benefits for one another’s loyalty programme members to be announced later this year.

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