February 25 (SeeNews) - Flydubai said on Thursday it is launching a route from Dubai to Romania's northwestern city of Cluj-Napoca starting March 20.
Flydubai will operate flights between Dubai International Airport and Avram Iancu International Airport Cluj twice a week, it said in a press release.
The airline already operates a double daily service to Bucharest.
With the start of service to Cluj-Napoca in March, the carrier will serve the Romanian market with a total of 16 weekly flights.
"We first started operating to Bucharest with four flights a week in 2012. Since then, flydubai has more than tripled its operations to the market as demand has grown for commercial and cargo traffic between Romania and the UAE. We are excited to offer more options for convenient direct airlinks to the market with the start of our flights to Cluj-Napoca and we look forward to further stimulating travel and trade flows in both directions," Flydubai CEO Ghaith Al Ghaith said.
Cluj-Napoca is the second largest city in Romania with one of the most dynamic economies in the country and is the largest centre for innovation and business opportunities in Transylvania, the airline said.
"Flydubai’s new service will offer more than 3.5 million people, living within few hours drive from the airport, the convenience of direct airlinks to Dubai," Flydubai senior vice-president for comemrcial operations and e-commerce Jeyhun Efendi said. "The twice-weekly service will also benefit the Romanian expatriate population in the UAE to travel home more easily."