Originally Posted by
Rutan16
No, the UAE and UK have a liberal near openskies bilateral arrangement and 6th and 7th freedoms that allow a host of fare combinations beyond DUBAI to be sold.
However the function of the FlyDubai brand is primarily about regional high frequency “low rent” operations whilst a very few mid range flights are also operated to the south eastern corner of Europe these are targeted at tradesmen moving into and out of the gulf on the cheap.
For the most part they are complementary to their sister carrier rather than a competitor.
There are just a few regional routes where both can be found, however each has a differing profile;
Emirates will operate maybe two flights directly targeting global onward connections via their banked hub strategy, whilst FlyDubai will maintain higher frequencies and lower fare bundles for more local traffic flows.
Both carriers have a range of cross ticket options in place for some destinations where one or others profiles are more appropriate.
Other than an occasional 737max delivery flight don’t expect the FlyDubai brand to deployed into the UK anytime soon if ever .
If you are talking about Dubai - Amritsar corridor in particular there are Seat limitations ( as opposed to frequency) within the UAE- India bilateral arrangements and Emirates / FlyDubai chooses to use them elsewhere .
There are a few “low rent” Indian flexible fares carriers plying the route for migrant/ labour workers.
SpiceJet and Air India express ( their LCC division)
Whilst traffic and demand exists particularly from the UK and Canada, as others stated yield are generally terrible.
Yes, I was referring to a DXB-ATQ flight but my original post wasn’t particularly clear. Thanks for the info. I’m sure if Emirates or FlyDubai started flying to ATQ there would a lot of passengers connecting from BHX.