With the 80-day closure of two runways affecting flights at Dubai International Airport from May 1, airlines shift operations to different UAE airports, or scale back capacity.
The airport closure also affects Cargo operations routed via Dubai due to reduction in number of flights.
Dubai Airports has confirmed it has reduced the number of flights by 26 per cent to accommodate all flights on a single runway without disruption, with 17 airlines reserving slots for flights at the new Dubai World Central – Al Maktoum International Airport during the period.
While Emirates has stated the runway closure will affect 5,400 flights, flydubai will have a selected number of flights operating out of DWC.