Flydubai sets it sights on sites in Kuwait and Oman

Dubai's low cost airline Flydubai, has announced a brace of GCC routes to kick off what it describes as a very busy year of route announcements for the carrier.

Kuwait City and Muscat will bring flydubai’s network to thirteen routes and the LCC is planning a double daily service operating to both cities

Flights to Muscat begin on Sunday, March 28^th and Kuwait on Tuesday, March 30^th .

Ghaith Al Ghaith, CEO of flydubai said: “A strong GCC network is at the heart of flydubai’s strategy in this region so Kuwait and Oman were natural choices to be our next two destinations. Both are old friends of the UAE and we are deeply committed to strengthening our links further by providing the friendly low cost air service with the lowest prices that flydubai is becoming known for.

We have worked closely with the authorities in both countries and we are very appreciative of the help and support they have given us. We look forward to continuing to work with them to provide a service that will be of benefit to all parties.”

The new destinations share long trading and family histories with the UAE and are highly popular routes, but for different reasons. For Kuwait City, commerce has always been the major link to the UAE with tourism only growing strongly in recent times because of the country’s strong Islamic traditions. On the other hand Oman’s wadis, pristine beaches and mountains have proven irresistible to tourists.

"Kuwait is growing in strength – its businesses are thriving and its economy expanding. Infrastructure developments, urbanisation and a new port at Bubiyan Island are all signs of this – and its location on the edge of the more populous northern regions of the wider Middle East will support its future,” Ghaith added.

Kuwait’s tourism industry is in its infancy and flydubai is looking to provide support to its ever-increasing selection of luxury hotels and resorts. It is more that 80 years since Kuwait International Airport opened and with flydubai’s new service there will be 47 airlines serving the oil rich state.

For Oman flydubai is hoping to support the Sultanate’s aim to host 12 million tourists by the year 2020; its scenery, culture and colonial history, including Muscat’s famous walled city, forts and palaces have made it a magnet for tourists for many years.