Flydubai to start direct flights to Naples and Salzburg this month

Flydubai will start direct flights to Naples in Italy and Salzburg in Austria this month, it confirmed on Monday.

The carrier will start its four-times weekly service to Salzburg International Airport from July 15 and resume its operations to Naples Airport from July 31.

Flights to Salzburg will operate from Terminal 3 at Dubai International on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.

The route to Naples will also operate on the same days.

Return business class fares to Naples start from Dhs8,455 and economy class fares start from Dhs1,935, while ticket prices to Salzburg start from Dhs8,455 for business class and Dhs1,995 for economy.

Flights to Naples will be operated within the quarantine-free travel corridor that has recently been established between Italy and the UAE enabling passengers to travel between the two countries with less restrictions.

Passengers need to present a negative Covid-19 test result at check-in taken no more than 48 hours before departure from the UAE. On arrival in Italy, all passengers over the age of two years will be required to take a rapid antigen test.

Emirates will codeshare on both routes.

Hamad Obaidalla, chief commercial officer at flydubai, said: “We are excited to connect Salzburg to the UAE with direct airlinks for the first time which will also offer passengers from the neighbouring region a more comfortable and convenient travel option.

“We continue to grow our operations in Europe… We are seeing steady growth in passenger traffic as more countries ease travel restrictions. We will continue to grow our network in the months ahead.”

Flydubai has grown its network to over 95 destinations including seasonal summer routes such as Batumi in Georgia, Bodrum and Trabzon in Turkey, Mykonos and Santorini in Greece, Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt and Tivat in Montenegro.

The airline also recently announced the start of operations to Ankara in Turkey, Ljubljana in Slovenia and Warsaw in Poland.