Dubai-based airline flydubai has announced the launch of twice-weekly flights to Namangan in Uzbekistan from September 24.
It will therefore become the first carrier in the United Arab Emirates to offer direct flights from Dubai to Uzbekistan’s third largest city, Namangan.
Flights to Namangan International Airport (NMA) will operate from Dubai International Airport (DXB) Terminal 2 on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The flight schedule is as follows:
| flight number | Departure airport | Arrival airport | Departure time | Arriving time |
| FZ789 | DXB | NMA | 22:50 | 03:30 |
| FZ790 | NMA | DXB | 04:30 | 07:25 |
| FZ 1945 | DXB | SDKs | 22:40 | 02:50 |
| FZ 1946 | SDKs | DXB | 04:05 | 06:30 |
The addition of flights to Namangan makes it the third point in Uzbekistan, including Samarkand which starts on September 20, and the capital, Tashkent, served by flydubai.
Flights to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) will operate twice a week from Terminal 3, Dubai International (DXB) on Tuesdays and Fridays.
With the start of operations in Namangan, flydubai’s Central Asia network will expand to seven points. These include Almaty and Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan, Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan, Dushanbe in Tajikistan as well as Namangan, Samarkand and Tashkent in Uzbekistan.
“Uzbekistan has become an emerging market for flydubai and we are delighted to see our network expanding there with the start of flights to Namangan and, next week, to Samarkand. The launch of our 10 weekly flights to the market will strengthen commercial and cultural ties between the UAE and Uzbekistan,” said Ghaith Al Ghaith, Managing Director of flydubai.
