New Gulf - UK routes
Both RAK Airways and FlyDubai have received permission to fly to the UK.
At present, RAK, based at Ras-al-Khaimah only has 2 A320s, and mainly operates from the Gulf to the Indian sub-continent.
FlyDubai has 23 B737-800s, with a further 27 on order. They fly mainly to the subcontinent, throughout the Middle East, and to some of the former Soviet states.
Neither airline currently operates into Europe.