As many are preparing to travel this summer, there’s still many precautions passengers must take as the pandemic continues.
With Dubai set to be a travel hub this summer, airlines such as flydubai are going above and beyond to ensure all of the necessary measures and more are being taken to give their passengers a safe travel experience.
Flydubai has flights available to many key holiday destinations and with many of those places allowing quarantine-free travel for UAE residents, it’s set to be a busy summer for the airline.
As travel picks up for the summer season, Emirates Woman sat down with Sudhir Sreedharan, Senior Vice President – Commercial Operations for the airline, to find out how flydubai is recovering amidst the pandemic and how the airline is going above and beyond for travellers.
What have been the prevailing challenges the last year has brought and how did you overcome them?
The outbreak of COVID-19 has presented itself to the industry as one of the most challenging times in aviation history. At flydubai we have recognized early on, that as part of the global community we play an important role in response to the pandemic. We have therefore focused our efforts on rebuilding confidence among our passengers and making travel accessible and less complicated, especially as travel restrictions gradually ease and as customers start to plan their holidays again. To encourage more people to plan their holidays with us, we have launched a number of initiatives, including a redesigned passenger experience and more flexibility for flight bookings and holiday packages.
What are the precautionary measures taken on by flydubai to ensure safe travel?
By introducing a few simple steps that are designed to inform and protect our passengers at every step of their journey, we have enabled travel in a safe environment and provided customers with the flexibility to make changes to their travel arrangements if needed. For our holiday packages that are available on…