Hail joins flydubai network

Flydubai, Dubai’s innovative low-cost airline, has added another destination in Saudi Arabia to its network, with two flights a week to Hail.
Flights to Hail, an oasis city in Nejd in the north west of the country, will start on February 13.
The city contributes to a large percentage of the Kingdom’s wheat, dates and fruit production.
CEO Ghaith Al-Ghaith said: “As we remain committed to better serve the Saudi market, we are grateful to the authorities for their continuous support of flydubai. The start of this service reaffirms our commitment to serve regional airports with direct flights to Dubai. We look forward to serving passengers from Hail, which is becoming increasingly important to the Kingdom’s economy.”
The carrier first launched services to Saudi Arabia in November 2010, and now serves Riyadh, Jeddah, Abha Yanbu, Dammam, Gassim, Tabuk and Taif and in addition to Hail.
Flydubai’s network now spans more than 50 destinations in 32 countries.
Flights to Hail will operate twice a week and will commence on February 13 2013.
FZ885 departs Dubai Terminal 2 on Wednesday at 1510hrs, and on Friday at 1935hrs landing in Hail Regional Airport on Wednesday at 1640hrs, and on Friday at 2105hrs local time.
The return flight, FZ886, departs on Wednesday at 1740hrs, and on Friday at 2205hrs arriving in Dubai on Wednesday at 2040hrs, and on Saturday at 0105hrs.
Round trip fares from Dubai to Ha’il start at SR 1,000 and fares from Ha’il to Dubai start at SR 1,040.
Fares include one piece of hand luggage weighing up to 7kg and one small laptop bag or hand bag. Checked baggage starts at SR 50 for 20kg. A seat with extra legroom costs SR 100 extra.