Sana gains flydubai

flydubai, the budget airline of the Emirate, has inaugurated four times per week services to its latest destination Sana'a (or Sana), the capital of Yemen, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.  The city does not have any direct flights to Europe and limited links to various points in the Middle East.

flydubai’s CEO, Ghaith Al Ghaith, said: “Since beginning operations in June 2009, flydubai has built up one of the industry’s strongest regional networks.  With the addition of Sana’a, we now fly to 20 destinations across 11 countries in the Middle East alone.”

Yemen, which incorporates Aden, has had an unstable history but is the only state in the Arabian Peninsula to have a purely republican form of government.  The fact that flydubai is operating at all would indicate some confidence in the current government.

In parallel to the launch of commercial passenger flights, flydubai now also offers cargo services between the cities through its recently-launched division, flydubai Cargo.  With perishables anticipated to be its main consignment, flydubai’s newest cargo route will strengthen trade links between Sana’a and Dubai. www.flydubai.com

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