Emirates and flydubai will offer travellers even more connectivity and
flight options in 2018, with new codeshare flights planned to Krakow in
Poland from 8 April, and Catania in Italy from 13 June.Both Dubai
-based airlines currently offer customers a breadth of travel options
across their complementary networks, with codeshares to 81 destinations
and more to follow.
The partnership initially began with codeshare flights to 29 cities,
and this has quickly expanded to meet demand as customers realise the
benefits of increased flight frequencies, expanded access to global
destinations on a single ticket, the convenience of
checking in their
baggage through to the final destination, smooth transfers during
transit in Dubai, and more.
In the two months since the first codeshare flights took off on 29
October, over 165,000 passengers have benefitted from the partnership.
Smooth journeys
Emirates and flydubai will continue to offer travel experiences
reflecting their individual brands. For bookings under the codeshare,
Emirates passengers will receive complimentary meals and the Emirates
checked baggage allowance on flights operated by flydubai in Business
and Economy class.
Connecting via Dubai’s ultra-modern hub offers a smooth transfer
experience and under the partnership, passengers will benefit from a
reduced minimum connection time of 120 minutes between Emirates’ home in
Terminal 3 and flydubai’s in Terminal 2.
More benefits for frequent flyers
Emirates Skywards members earn Skywards miles and Skywards Tier Miles
on codeshare flights as per the existing Skywards 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.
Further benefits for members of each airline’s frequent flyer and loyalty programmes will be announced in due course.
