Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka lele hoʻomaka o Flydubai ma Dubai i kēia lā ma N'djili Airport (Kinshasa International Airport – FIH). E hoʻokele ʻo flydubai i nā mokulele i kēlā me kēia lā i ke kahua mokulele ʻo N'djili me kahi huakaʻi hele ma Entebbe.
ʻO flydubai ka mea lawe moku mua no ka UAE e hana i nā loulou ea pololei i ke kapikala Congolese, ʻo Kinshasa a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lawelawe ʻike i kāna ʻoihana ākea ma ʻApelika e ulu ana i 13 mau wahi ma 10 mau ʻāina.
Me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā huakaʻi i Kinshasa ua wehe ʻia kahi ʻīpuka ʻē aʻe no nā poʻe kaʻa mai GCC, Rūsia a me India Subcontinent i Central Africa. Hiki i nā poʻe holo mai Kinshasa ke komo i nā wahi ʻoi aku ma mua o 90 ma ka pūnaewele flydubai a ma o kāna hui codeshare me Emirates hiki ke hoʻopili maʻalahi a maʻalahi hoʻi i nā wahi huakaʻi o Emirates e holo ana i ʻeono mau ʻāina ma o 80 mau ʻāina.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka lele hoʻomaka ma 14:20 (manawa kūloko) a ma luna o ka moku he ʻelele i alakaʻi ʻia e Sudhir Sreedharan, Hope Pelekikena Nui, Commercial Operations (UAE, GCC, Indian Subcontinent & Africa) no flydubai. Ua hālāwai ka ʻelele ma ka hōʻea ʻana e Mr. Tshiumba Pmunga Jean, Luna Nui, Luna Hoʻokele Kivila, Mr. Kufula Makila Rex, Luna Hoʻokele Kuhina, Kuhina Hoʻokele a me Mr. Bilenge Abdala - Luna Nui RVA- (Régie des Voies Aériennes).
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ghaith Al Ghaith, Luna Nui o flydubai, i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā huakaʻi i Kinshasa: "Ma ke ʻano ʻo kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale nui a nui loa ma ʻApelika, ʻo Kinshasa, kahi kī nui no ka huakaʻi a me ke kālepa. ʻO ʻApelika kekahi o nā hoa kālepa e kū mai ana o ka UAE a me ka wehe ʻana o kēia ala hou i kekahi o nā mokulele ʻoi loa i ka Democratic Republic of Congo e loaʻa hou nā manawa e hoʻoikaika ai i nā pilina kalepa ma waena o ka ʻāina kokoke me nā waiwai kūlohelohe.
ʻO ka ulu wikiwiki ʻana o nā ʻāina o ʻApelika he mau mākeke kālepa koʻikoʻi no ka UAE a ʻo kā lākou hoʻonui ʻana i ka pōmaikaʻi e hōʻoia i kā lākou hāʻawi ʻana i nā helu malihini i Dubai e ulu like.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Sudhir Sreedharan, Hope Pelekikena Nui, Commercial Operations (UAE, GCC, Indian Subcontinent and Africa) ma flydubai, nāna i alakaʻi i ka ʻelele inaugural: "He mākeke koʻikoʻi ʻo Aferika no flydubai mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mokulele i 2009. Ke hoʻomau nei mākou e ʻike. koi ikaika no nā leka uila pololei a i ka makahiki i hala ua hāʻawi ʻo flydubai i 13% o ka nui o ka ulu ʻana ma Dubai Airports no ka mākeke ʻApelika. Hauʻoli wau i ka ʻike ʻana i kā mākou pūnaewele ma ʻApelika e ulu ana i 13 mau wahi ma 10 mau ʻāina me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā mokulele i Kinshasa i kēia lā. Me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lawelawe i kēlā me kēia lā mai ke kikowaena mokulele ʻo Dubai a i kekahi o nā ʻāina nui loa ma ʻApelika, hiki i nā poʻe holo kaʻa ke komo i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka pilina.
E hāʻawi nā huakaʻi a pau i Kinshasa i ka ʻike ma luna o nā huakaʻi flydubai, inā paha e koho ana i nā lawelawe koʻikoʻi a me nā wahi ākea a me ka pilikino ma ka Papa Pāʻoihana, a i ʻole e leʻaleʻa i ka maʻalahi a me ka maʻalahi ma ke ʻano he kaʻa ma Economy Class.
E codeshare ʻo flydubai i kēia ala me Emirates. Me ka launa pū ʻana, hiki i nā poʻe holo kaʻa ke hoʻopili maʻalahi a maʻalahi hoʻi ma luna o 90 o nā wahi huakaʻi o flydubai e hoʻopiha ana i ka pūnaewele ala Emirates, e hoʻonui ana i ʻeono mau ʻāina ma nā ʻāina he 80.
No ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana ma lalo o ka codeshare, loaʻa i nā poʻe kaʻa ʻo Emirates nā meaʻai hoʻomaikaʻi a ua nānā ka Emirates i ka ʻae ʻeke ukana ma nā mokulele i hoʻokele ʻia e flydubai ma nā papa ʻoihana a me nā ʻoihana.
Ma lalo o 10 mau makahiki, ua ulu ʻo flydubai i kahi pūnaewele nui ma ʻApelika a ke hāʻawi nei i nā mokulele i Addis Ababa, Alexandria, Asmara, Djibouti, Entebbe, Hargeisa, Juba, Khartoum a me Port Sudan a me Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro a me Zanzibar.
Aia nā manawa hoʻolele i ka manawa kūloko
| Helu lele | 'O ka pinepine | Kahua Mokulele Haʻalele | Ka manawa haʻalele | Ke kahua mokulele hōʻea | Ke hele ʻana |
| FZ617 | kela la i keia | ʻO Dubai International Terminal 2 | 8:00 | Malaika Alanui | 12:20 |
| FZ617 | kela la i keia | Malaika Alanui | 13:20 | Kinshasa International Airport | 14:20 |
| FZ618 | kela la i keia | Kinshasa International Airport | 15:20 | Malaika Alanui | 20:15 |
| FZ618 | kela la i keia | Malaika Alanui | 21:15 | ʻO Dubai International Terminal 2 | 03:45 |
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- ʻO flydubai ka mea lawe moku mua no ka UAE e hana i nā loulou ea pololei i ke kapikala Congolese, ʻo Kinshasa a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lawelawe ʻike i kāna ʻoihana ākea ma ʻApelika e ulu ana i 13 mau wahi ma 10 mau ʻāina.
- Africa is one of the UAE's emerging trade partners and with the opening of this new route to one of the busiest airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo there will be further opportunities to strengthen commercial ties across a neighbouring continent with vast natural resources.
- All flights to and from Kinshasa will offer travellers flydubai's onboard experience, whether opting for priority services and more space and privacy in Business Class, or enjoying flexibility and convenience as a passenger in Economy Class.
