flydubai's new 737 is fifth in five months
flydubai has continued its rapid growth with the delivery of its fifth aircraft in five months.
The Boeing 737-800 is part of the order for 50 aircraft that flydubai placed with the manufacturer at the 2008 Farnborough Airshow and is financed by the $320 million sale and leaseback deal recently announced with GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS).
The new aircraft is being put into service immediately on flydubai's first GCC route to Doha.
The new twice-daily service to Doha is the first direct service between Dubai and Qatar to be operated by a low-fare airline. Doha brings the total number of flydubai routes to seven, the others being to Beirut (Lebanon), Amman (Jordan), Damascus and Aleppo (Syria), Alexandria (Egypt) and Djibouti.
Ghaith Al Ghaith, CEO of flydubai commented, "In general, this is a difficult time for the aviation industry, but we are extremely happy with the progress flydubai has made since we became operational at the beginning of June.
"Taking an airline from a theory on a piece of paper to being fully operational and carrying thousands of passengers every week has been a huge challenge and it is tremendously satisfying to see it working so well.
"flydubai is delivering on the promise to ensure people in this region have access to simple, uncomplicated, low-fare travel and more people really are travelling to more destinations more often.
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