FlyDubai to focus initially on flights within GCC

Gulf News Report
Dubai: Dubai’s aviation landscape will receive a strong boost next year when the new budget airline FlyDubai takes off, as Emirates is becoming expensive for many budget passengers who have been shying away from full service airlines and gradually shifting to Sharjah-based Air Arabia.
It will also help strengthen competition out of Dubai which [...]

FlyDubai plans rapid growth

The Dubai government’s latest airline venture aims to be region’s largest low-cost carrier – FlyDubai
New low-cost carrier FlyDubai has unveiled an ambitious business plan which should make it the Middle East’s largest low-cost carrier by 2015.
FlyDubai chief executive Ghaith al Ghaith says the carrier, created in March by the Dubai government, will launch in May [...]

Flydubai plans to use fuel hedging to maintain low fares

New low-cost airline Flydubai plans to use a fuel hedging strategy to maintain the lowest fares in the industry, recently appointed COO Kenneth Gile has said.
Plans for the Dubai-based carrier’s launch in mid-2009 are being finalised at a time when budget operators are struggling to stay “budget”.
Volatile fuel prices are putting pressure on them to [...]

Flydubai Finishes First Farnborough With $750m Flourish

FlyDubai rounded off its first trip to the Farnborough Air Show with a package of orders that shows the airline’s commitment to the environment, with orders totalling $750 million US for engines and winglets.
In the first part of the deal, FlyDubai signed with CFM International, a 50/50 JV between Snecma and GE, for 50 CFM56-7B [...]