Flydubai launches India operations with Lucknow

Lucknow: Dubai’s state-owned low-cost airline, Flydubai, has commenced its India operations with thrice-weekly flights to-and-fro Lucknow. Its maiden flight from Dubai landed here early today.
It is looking at 20 other Indian destinations, including all the metro cities, subject to official approval.
“We decided on Lucknow as our first Indian destination as it has market potential and we felt there were less number of flights connecting the city,” Flydubai’s CEO, Ghaith Al Ghaith, said at a conference call in the presence of the United Arab Emirates’ ambassador to India, Mohamed Sultan Al Owais.
It will operate on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from Dubai and Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from Lucknow. A one-way fare, including taxes and hand-luggage, is priced at Rs 6,300. An estimated five million Indian expatriates live and work in the Gulf, with around a million in the UAE alone. Ghaith said 42 per cent of the workforce in the UAE comprised Indians.
04/06/10 Virendra Singh Rawat/Business Standard

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