S7 Airlines To Provide Moscow - Dubai Direct Flights From End of September

S7 Airlines To Provide Moscow – Dubai Direct Flights From End of September

S7 Airlines plans to launch flights from Moscow to Dubai beginning on September 30, the company has stated. S7 will operate the flights four times per week, on Mondays to Dubai International Airport (DXB), and on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays to Al Maktoum Airport (DWC). They will use narrow-body Boeing 737-800 aircraft that could accommodate 168 passengers in economy class and eight passengers in business class, at a flight time of 5 hours 40 minutes.

S7 also operates four flights per week to Dubai from Novosibirsk.

Dubai is becoming a regional Middle Eastern hub for Russian businesses as they seek to move deeper into Asian markets. It offers a low tax regime and excellent infrastructure, and has become an energy trading hub following Western sanctions. The Gulf Cooperation Organisation (GCC) which includes the UAE, controls about 30% of the world’s oil supplies and sells about 70% of that to Asia, including China and India. Consequently, Dubai has emerged as an energy resource hub with connections to Riyadh, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Moscow.