flydubai Adds Riga, Salzburg and Vilnius Flights From December

Riga flights start on 11 December and will run on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Flights to Salzburg and Vilnius begin on 12 December and will run on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. All three routes are part of flydubai's codeshare with Emirates, so passengers can book connections across both airlines on a single ticket with bags checked through to their final destination.

The routes add three smaller European markets to the Dubai low-cost carrier's winter schedule, and the airline is selling them as onward connections as well as point-to-point trips. It said passengers can connect via Dubai to leisure destinations including Bangkok, Krabi, Colombo, Kathmandu, the Maldives and Zanzibar.

"As we continue to open up more underserved destinations, we remain focused on expanding travel choices and strengthening connectivity between Dubai, Europe and the wider flydubai network," chief executive Ghaith Al Ghaith said in the English statement.

The English and Arabic versions of the announcement describe the routes differently. The English statement says the services will "commence", while the Arabic version, carried by the state news agency WAM and by Al Bayan, calls them a resumption of flights to the three cities.

Return Economy Lite fares from Dubai start at AED 2,442 to Riga, AED 2,699 to Salzburg and AED 3,112 to Vilnius. Return Business Class fares from Dubai start at AED 10,012, AED 13,175 and AED 10,301 respectively. From Europe, return economy fares start at EUR 503 from Riga, EUR 530 from Salzburg and EUR 539 from Vilnius.

The airline has recently launched services to Aleppo, Bangkok, Benghazi and Pokhara. It said it is installing Starlink across its Boeing 737 fleet to offer free Wi-Fi, and that nonstop flights to Skopje in North Macedonia will resume on 1 April 2027.