Emirates signs codeshare deal with Flybe

Emirates has signed a new codeshare agreement with Exeter-based Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline. 

The new agreement will see Emirates’ code added to 25 Flybe routes across the UK – subject to regulatory approval – adding a total of 13 new destinations to the Emirates’ global network.

All Flybe flights will connect with Emirates flights to Dubai and beyond flying from its Manchester, Glasgow and Birmingham gateways. Emirates and Flybe are targeting a July launch for the new codeshare.

Thierry Antinori, Emirates’ Executive VP and CCO, said: “Emirates already offers 16 daily services from the UK to Dubai with another daily service flying from Birmingham from the beginning of August. Together with Flybe, we are taking more people to more places and opening up new UK destinations to people around the world. It’s an important partnership as we continue to expand the destinations available to Emirates’ passengers.”

Paul Simmons, Flybe’s Chief Commercial Officer, said: “This new codeshare agreement with Emirates is yet another important milestone and an exciting development in the continued growth of Flybe. It allows us to give our UK customers a ‘One Stop to the World’ option with convenient, seamless access to Dubai and onwards to the rest of the world through our extensive regional route network, direct from their local airport.”

Flybe operates more than 180 routes to 72 European airports. Emirates customers travelling on Flybe will be entitled to the same luggage allowance they are entitled to on Emirates checked through to their final destination. All Emirates’ passengers on Flybe flights will receive boarding passes on check-in at their first international departure point for connecting international services.

Emirates currently has codeshare agreements in place with 14 partners around the world including Qantas, Jetstar and Jet Blue among others.