FILE – Israeli vacationers depart a flydubai aircraft which departed from Ben-Gurion World Airport in Tel Aviv and landed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 8, 2020. FlyDubai on Monday, March 7, 2022, reported a $229 million benefit ultimate yr because the state-owned price range service noticed its industry rebound from the coronavirus pandemic and as regulators allowed it to once more fly the Boeing 737 Max. The service stated Tel Aviv was once one in every of its best routes throughout its community in 2021.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — FlyDubai on Monday reported a $229 million benefit ultimate yr because the state-owned price range service noticed its industry rebound from the coronavirus pandemic and as regulators allowed it to once more fly the Boeing 737 Max.
FlyDubai just about doubled its earnings in 2021 to over $1.4 billion, in comparison to simply $773 million the yr earlier than within the thick of pandemic restrictions and after two crashes noticed the 737 Max grounded. In 2020, the airline noticed a lack of $194 million.
The sister airline to long-haul service Emirates additionally carried 5.6 million passengers, up from 3.2 million in 2020.
“FlyDubai’s industry fashion stays sturdy and has served us smartly during the pandemic,” stated Ghaith al-Ghaith, the airline’s CEO. ”As call for returned those sturdy basics have translated into a vital development in our monetary efficiency.”
The airline’s revenues nonetheless are not again to its pre-pandemic 2019 result of $1.6 billion, with earnings of $54 million.
Emirati regulators allowed the 737 Max to go back to the sky in February 2021.
The planes had been grounded international in March 2019 following the crashes of a Lion Air flight close to Jakarta on Oct. 29, 2018, and an Ethiopian Airways flight on March 10, 2019, which killed a complete of 346 other folks.
