Connecting flights

You can transfer in Dubai to another flydubai flight without collecting your baggage in Dubai and without a UAE visa using our flydubai connect service.

So, for example, if you want to fly from Kuwait to Jeddah via Dubai, choose your destination of origin and your final destination when you search for a flight.

You'll get a booking confirmation for Kuwait to Dubai and Dubai to Jeddah. You check your baggage in at Kuwait and pick it up in Jeddah. See the flydubai baggage policy.

Please note: 

• Connection bookings can't be converted to bookings with a stopover.
• flydubai won't be responsible if you miss your connection in Dubai when you are booked on two separate flydubai flights (even if your first flydubai flight is delayed).
• Fare rules will apply for rebooking and cancellation.

Connecting in Dubai (DXB)

When you reach Dubai, go to the flydubai connections desk where your boarding pass and travel documents will be checked.

Minimum connection time

Travelling in Business Class

As business class is not available on all flydubai flights, you cannot book to travel in business class on all connecting flydubai flights.

If business class is available on both flydubai flights on a connection, we will offer a business class booking on these flights. If business class is not available on one of the legs in a connection, we cannot offer you a combination of business and economy bookings and your entire journey will be booked in economy class.

If you've bought a ticket with Emirates and part of your journey is with flydubai, you can pick up your baggage at your final destination – you won't have to collect it in Dubai.

Your journey

At some airports you’ll get a boarding pass for your entire journey, but at others you’ll only be given your boarding pass for your journey to Dubai. Emirates will give you another boarding pass in Dubai for your onward journey.

Please note:

• If you want to change your booking, you'll need to contact Emirates.
• The Emirates baggage policy applies when a through ticket is purchased to the final destination. In such cases where two separate tickets are purchased, the ticketed baggage allowance will be applicable.
• You'll need to have a valid Emirates e-ticket and the correct documents whether you check in with Emirates or flydubai.

Arriving in Dubai

If you arrive at Terminal 3, please go to the central transfer desk (transfer desk K).

If you arrive at Terminal 2, please proceed to the main transfer desk.

You'll be given a boarding pass for your onward journey if you weren't given one when you checked in at the start of your journey.

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Emirates codeshare passengers

Please note, passengers booked on Emirates flight numbers EK 2000 to EK 2499, will be travelling on a flydubai-operated flight as part of the codeshare agreement. If you have the flydubai booking reference shown on your Emirates booking confirmation, you can choose your seat and select your dietary preference through the Manage booking feature on flydubai.com. For all other enquiries about your flight, contact the Emirates Contact Centre, emirates.com or the travel agent where you purchased your ticket.

Before you travel

• Ensure you have enough connection time in Dubai based on your itinerary. You need to be at the boarding gate at least 45 minutes before the departure of your connecting flight.
• If you don't have a UAE visa, your connecting flight must be scheduled within 24 hours of arrival in Dubai. You will not be allowed to leave the airport otherwise.
• If you have a connecting flight with one of our partner airlines within 24 hours, but it’s on a separate ticket, you can get your baggage tagged through for a handling fee during check-in at the airport.
• If you’re connecting on a separate ticket, check with both airlines for baggage policies and minimum connection time.

At check-in (origin airport)

• Inform the check-in agent that you are connecting in Dubai.
• Present your onward ticket and valid travel documents.
• Your baggage will be tagged either:
  • To Dubai (if no through-check agreement exists), or
  • To your final destination (if your booking qualifies for baggage through-check).
• If eligible, your onward boarding pass will be issued. Otherwise, you will collect it at the transfer desk in Dubai.

In Dubai

At Dubai International Airport (DXB), proceed to the dnata transfer desk:

You’ll need to show:

• Your flydubai or partner airline booking confirmation or onward ticket
• Valid travel documents for your next destination
• Your baggage tag if your baggage was checked in earlier

You may need to pay for excess baggage or baggage transfer if applicable. See the flydubai baggage policy.

Minimum connection time

Baggage and boarding pass rules by carrier type

List of interline partner airlines