Three weekly flights to commence January 18 marking low cost airline's 30th destination

Dubai – UAE, December 15, 2010 – flydubai, Dubai’s first low cost airline, has announced its 30th destination will be the agricultural city of Gassim in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The announcement comes days after Yanbu was declared flydubai’s second destination in the Kingdom.

With the commencement of operations to the four new cities of Yerevan in Armenia, Abha in Saudi Arabia, Sulaimaniyah in Iraq and Ashgabat in Turkmenistan in less than a month, the launch of the new route to Gassim underscores flydubai’s commitment to offering passengers from and to Dubai with affordable and diverse travel options.

Flight nos. FZ857/8 will operate three times per week from January 18, 2011.

flydubai CEO, Ghaith Al Ghaith said: “We are excited to add the city of Gassim to our growing network, making it our 30th destination. This further solidifies our commitment to the Saudi Arabian trade, tourism and commercial industries and caters to the growing demand for low cost air travel in the region and especially in the Kingdom. flydubai will be the first airline to serve Dubai and Gassim non-stop and we are confident that the demand for this route will increase considerably in the near future. Travellers from Gassim have had limited choices in terms of direct international flights and the introduction of this new route will benefit passengers with significant reduction in travel time as well as cost incurred.

“The new Gassim route marks an important step for the airline as we continue our strategic penetration into more markets in an effort to bring more ease of travel and unmatched value for money in the region.”

The city of Gassim borders with the east of the Saudi capital of Riyadh and the Holy city of Madina. Comprising 10 governates, Gassim is known for its rich agricultural environment and as a major exporter of some of the Kingdom’s finest dates.

Flights from Dubai to Gassim begin on January 18 2011 on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Flight FZ857 departs from Dubai at 1305hrs, arriving in Gassim at 1435hrs local time. The return flight FZ858 takes off for Dubai Terminal 2 at 1520hrs, landing in Dubai at 1840hrs UAE time. Flights to Gassim begin at AED 450 per person, including one piece of hand luggage weighing up to 7kg plus one small laptop bag or hand bag. Flights from Gassim to Dubai start at SAR 475, including one piece of hand luggage weighing up to 7kg plus one small laptop bag or hand bag.

Flights are available for purchase from December 16, 2010 on the website (www.flydubai.com), call centre +9714 3010800 and through travel partners.

flydubai has a simple model where customers only pay for services they want to receive. The price of the flight includes all taxes and one piece of hand luggage weighing up to 7kg plus one small laptop bag or hand bag per passenger.

flydubai operates from a modernised and enhanced Terminal 2 on the north side of Dubai International Airport.

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About flydubai:

Established in March 2008, flydubai, Dubai’s first low cost airline, started operations on June 1st, 2009. Set up by the government of Dubai, flydubai is aimed at making travel a little less complex, a little less stressful and a little less expensive.

flydubai currently has a fleet comprising 13 brand new Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft and operates to 28 destinations: Beirut-Lebanon, Amman-Jordan, Damascus, Aleppo and Latakia-Syria, Alexandria, Luxor and Assiut-Egypt, Djibouti-Africa, Doha-Qatar, Baku-Azerbaijan, Khartoum-Sudan, Bahrain, Kathmandu-Nepal, Muscat-Oman, Kabul-Afghanistan, Kuwait, Lucknow-India, Istanbul-Turkey, Karachi-Pakistan, Colombo-Sri Lanka, Erbil-Iraq, Samara and Yekaterinburg-Russia, Yerevan-Armenia, Abha-KSA , Sulaimaniyah-Iraq and Ashgabat-Turkmenistan. Flights to Yanbu and Gassim-KSA will begin in January 2011.

Based on a low cost business model, flydubai offers a value-for-money product at an extremely competitive price. Its website (www.flydubai.com) will be an important interface for customers, together with a call centre (+9714 301 0800) and travel partners.

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Andrew Kennedy or Anne Howard at the flydubai press office at Polaris PR. Telephone: (9714) 341 5555. Andrew Kennedy mobile: (971) 50 965 9104, Anne Howard mobile: (+971) 50 281 5872. E-mail: a.kennedy@polaris-me.com or a.howard@polaris-me.com.

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Heather Astbury, PR Manager for flydubai at Mobile: (+971) 50 9508420; Email: heather.astbury@flydubai.com