flydubai restarts its operations to Hargeisa
The Dubai-based carrier to operate a three-times weekly service to Hargeisa in Somaliland from 10 August growing its network in Africa to 12 points in nine countries
Dubai UAE
Sallam Sallam
flydubai, the Dubai-based airline, announced today the start of its three-times weekly service to Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA) from 10 August. This will bring the number of destinations flydubai operates to in Africa to 12 points in nine countries including Sohag International Airport (HMB) and Sharm El Sheikh International Airport (SSH) which started earlier this summer.
Sudhir Sreedharan, Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations (UAE, GCC, Africa and the Indian Subcontinent) at flydubai, said: “flydubai is committed to creating free flows of trade and tourism between the regions we fly to and we believe that our reliable and convenient passenger and cargo services will help to open up the trade opportunities between Hargeisa and Dubai and onward destinations. We are sure that both our Economy Class and Business Class will exceed the passengers’ expectations and we look forward to welcoming passengers from Hargeisa on board again soon.”
flydubai will become the first carrier to operate to Hargeisa, Somaliland from Dubai. The carrier continues to open up underserved markets and expand its network in Africa. flydubai also has plans to relaunch its operations to Uganda in the coming few weeks.
flydubai currently operates to 12 points in nine countries in Northern and Eastern Africa:
| Airport Code | City | Country | |
| 1 | JIB | Djibouti | Djibouti |
| 2 | HBE | Alexandria | Egypt |
| 3 | HMB | Sohag | Egypt |
| 4 | SSH | Sharm | Egypt |
| 5 | ASM | Asmara | Eritrea |
| 6 | ADD | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia |
| 7 | HGA | Hargeisa | Somaliland |
| 8 | JUB | Juba | South Sudan |
| 9 | KRT | Khartoum | Sudan |
| 10 | DAR | Dar-Es-Salam | Tanzania |
| 11 | ZNZ | Zanzibar | Tanzania |
| 12 | EBB | Entebbe | Uganda |
Flight details
Flights from Terminal 2, Dubai International (DXB) to Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA) will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 10 August 2021.
Return Business Class fares from DXB to HGA start from AED 4,700 and return Economy Class fares start from AED 1,600.
| Flight Number | Emirates Codeshare flight Number | Departure Airport | Departure Time | Arrival Airport | Arrival Time | Flight Time |
| FZ 661 | EK 2182 | DXB | 04:05 | HGA | 06:35 | 03:30 |
| FZ 662 | EK 2183 | HGA | 07:35 | DXB | 12:20 | 03:45 |
Flights are available to book on flydubai.com, the official flydubai App, the Call Centre in Dubai on (+971) 600 54 44 45, the flydubai travel shops or through our travel partners. In addition, passengers have the option to choose full packages from holidays by flydubai.
For the full timetable and fares, please visit: https://www.flydubai.com/en/plan/timetable
Passengers are required to make sure that they are up to date with the regulations from the IATA Travel Centre the IATA destination tracker for their whole journey, and follow the guidance issued by the authorities and the airline. Passengers can also visit the COVID-19 information hub on flydubai.com for more information.
