FlyDubai to add Armenian and Iraqi route

Emirates subsidiary, Flydubai is launching a new thrice-weekly service to the Armenian capital of Yerevan. The new service will begin November 21st and will be followed on November 24th, with a twice-weekly service to Sulaymaniyah in Iraq. Both routes will be operated with B737-800 equipment. Flydubai will compete with Armavia which operates a 13 times weekly service from Yerevan to Dubai. Service to Sulaymaniyah will hope to stimulate traffic flows from Iraq to the Middle East.