flydubai will restore European Flights to Riga, Salzburg and Vilnius this December, expanding travel options ahead of winter holidays. Each destination will receive three weekly services from Dubai International Airport, reconnecting the emirate with three European cities.
The airline will begin flights to Riga, Latvia, on December 11. Services to Salzburg in Austria and Vilnius in Lithuania will follow on December 12. All three routes will operate from Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport.
flydubai Chief Executive Ghaith Al Ghaith said the new services would strengthen the airline’s European network. He explained that the routes would improve access to destinations with distinctive cultural attractions and seasonal experiences.
Al Ghaith also highlighted the airline’s intention to serve markets with limited direct connections. He said expanding the network would provide passengers with more choices. Furthermore, the routes will strengthen links between Dubai, Europe and destinations across flydubai’s wider network.
The airline will operate the services through its codeshare partnership with Emirates. Consequently, passengers can book connecting journeys using a single ticket. They can also check their baggage through to their final destination.
Riga flights will operate every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, beginning December 11. Meanwhile, Salzburg and Vilnius services will run on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from December 12.
The airline has also published starting return fares for all three destinations. Economy Lite tickets from Dubai to Riga begin at Dh2,442. Business Class fares start at Dh10,012 for the same route.
For Salzburg, Economy Lite fares start at Dh2,699, while Business Class begins at Dh13,175. Flights to Vilnius start at Dh3,112 in Economy Lite. Business Class fares for that destination begin at Dh10,301.
Passengers travelling in the opposite direction can also book flights to Dubai. Starting Economy Lite fares stand at €503 from Riga, €530 from Salzburg and €539 from Vilnius. However, prices depend on availability and may change.
The latest European Flights expansion follows earlier route launches by flydubai. The airline introduced Riga and Vilnius services in December 2025. Both routes initially operated three times weekly following an announcement in May that year.
That earlier expansion also included Chișinău in Moldova and Iași in Romania. flydubai launched its Vilnius service on December 12, 2025. It inaugurated the Riga route the following day.
Salzburg has a longer history within the airline’s European network. flydubai first introduced direct services to the Austrian city in July 2021. By July 2024, the airline reported carrying more than 100,000 passengers on that route.
Jeyhun Efendi, flydubai’s Divisional Senior Vice-President of Commercial Operations and E-commerce, highlighted seasonal demand. He said winter travel remained an important factor behind the airline’s network planning.
Efendi pointed to the destinations’ scenery, historic architecture and festive traditions. He expects these attractions to appeal to passengers planning winter holidays. Additionally, travellers can use Dubai as a connecting point for journeys beyond Europe.
The airline offers onward connections to more than 120 destinations across its network. These include Bangkok and Krabi in Thailand, Colombo in Sri Lanka and Kathmandu in Nepal. Passengers can also connect to the Maldives and Zanzibar in Tanzania.
The December additions follow other recent network developments. flydubai has introduced services to Aleppo, Bangkok, Benghazi and Pokhara. Moreover, the airline plans to resume direct flights to Skopje, North Macedonia, from April 1, 2027.
With the latest expansion, European Flights will offer passengers additional direct connections from Dubai. The three routes also strengthen the airline’s seasonal travel network ahead of the winter holiday period.
