flydubai adds direct Dubai flights to Riga, Salzburg and Vilnius from December

flydubai will start direct flights between Dubai and three European cities in December: Riga in Latvia from 11 December, and Salzburg in Austria and Vilnius in Lithuania from 12 December. The Dubai-based carrier announced the routes on 10 November; all three will operate from Dubai International (DXB) Terminal 3.

Each route will have three weekly flights on the airline's Boeing 737 fleet. Riga (RIX), flight FZ 1441/1442, will be served on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Salzburg (SZG), flight FZ 1449/1450, and Vilnius (VNO), flight FZ 1263/1264, will be served on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

The flights also operate under flydubai's codeshare partnership with Emirates, so travellers can book a single ticket with baggage checked through to their final destination. flydubai chief executive Ghaith Al Ghaith said the services "further enhance the breadth and diversity of our European network", while Jeyhun Efendi, Divisional Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations and E-commerce, pointed to winter travel as a major driver of demand and to onward connections to more than 120 destinations.

For travellers in the Baltic states and the Salzburg region, the routes add a one-stop option to destinations beyond Dubai. The announcement covers schedules and frequencies only; passengers should confirm final timings and conditions with flydubai or Emirates when booking.