Airdubai signs codeshare partnership with Air Canada

Dubai-based flydubai has announced a new partnership with Air Canada to offer customers more convenient travel options when flying between Canada, the Middle East, East Africa, the Indian subcontinent and South Asia.

Pending final regulatory approval, Air Canada’s marketing code will be placed on nine routes operated by flydubai from Dubai, enabling customers to travel to these markets with a single ticket issued. The nine routes include Bahrain, Dammam, Jeddah, Medina and Muscat in the GCC, as well as Colombo and Karachi in the Indian subcontinent.

Additionally, through interline arrangements, customers will be able to seamlessly connect flydubai in Dubai to more than 60 destinations in the Middle East, East Africa and South Asia, including Djibouti, Kathmandu and the Maldives. Of these destinations, more than 30 are exclusive to flydubai and not flown to by other Air Canada partners.

Hamad Obaidalla, chief commercial officer at flydubai, said: “We are delighted to add Air Canada to our list of partners and offer their passengers a seamless travel experience on the flydubai network. We look forward to growing this partnership, Offering passengers the benefits and convenience of transiting through the Dubai Aviation hub, we look forward to welcoming them on board soon.”

“Air Canada is very pleased to partner with flydubai to further expand our connections to the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent, a growing source of immigration and travel to Canada,” said Mark Galardo, Executive Vice President, Revenue and Network Planning, Air Canada.地. This new partnership perfectly complements Air Canada’s non-stop service to Dubai from Toronto and Vancouver and strengthens our relationship with flydubai’s codeshare partner, Emirates. We look forward to bringing our network Together, we create an even better experience for our customers.”

The two airlines also plan to further improve the connecting process in Dubai and are working on rolling out more features and benefits for each other’s loyalty program members, which will be announced later this year. – trade arab news agency