Which is the best option to fly at the best rate to Dubai?
Dubai has seen a huge increase of number of visitors and residents in the past few years. Different events made the city really popular. However, the more people arrive, the more expensive are airline tickets. Therefore, let’s see how to fly cheap to Dubai.
Dubai has been on the news since they started with the vision of creating something extraordinary. The government has approved incredible projects to make the city on the map. In the bast 2 decades, the city has shifted from a pearl fishermen small town to becoming one of the most urbanized cities in the world.
Firstly, projects such as the Burj Al Arab, the palm islands (yes, there are 2) or the Burj Khalifa made the news globally. In fact, these projects were so big that everyone around the globe starting to talk about it or to make documentaries.
I remember 2010 and watching on Discovery channel the series on the Dubai Airport operations or the construction of the palm.
Lately, the city has benefitted from a nice strategy to fight Covid and on its open business bureaucracy. Dubai has become lately a global city, a city that everyone knows or has been. The years when it was considered an exotic place with other traditions are gone.
However, it is also true that the cost to reach the city is more expensive day by day. Dubai is home of the Dubai Airport, the busiest international airport in the world. Moreover, Emirates is based in Dubai, connecting the city to the world through its modern fleet of Airbus A380 and Boeing 777.
Therefore, the classic idea is to try to book an Emirates flight.
Emirates is however a premium airline. Its motto is Fly Better. This is no Ryanair or a low cost. Flying with Emirates means having in mind to pay a bit more to “Fly better”. No shock that the tickets are expensive. Even if, sometimes there are offers or great deals to take.
An option when you are looking on how to fly cheap to Dubai is to check which airline is flying to Dubai Airport. Try to search for NON-Emirates companies flying to Dubai Airport. You can use websites such as Booking.com or Skyscanner to do so.
At Dubai airport there is also based Flydubai, the low-cost company of Emirates. However, this low cost is service different markets compared to Emirates and might be possible that your route is only operated by its mother company Emirates.
A good advice is to search for Dubai as a city and not Dubai Airport. In fact, in Dubai there is a second airport, the Dubai Al Maktoum airport, which is the base for some low costs airlines.
However, the best strategy for flying cheap to Dubai is actually NOT flying to Dubai.
Seems strange but, because it is less famous and wants to attract more tourist, Abu Dhabi offers better deals. Abu Dhabi is the base of Etihad Airlines. The company wanted to be a competitor of Emirates in the past. However, due to the past struggling years, It has changed its business model shifting to a middle class airline. Its prices are more competitive and there are more offers. Moreover, Abu Dhabi is only 1 hour driving to Dubai and any taxi from Abu Dhabi Airport will drive you to Dubai for around 200aed.
Try to search for low-cost airlines serving Abu Dhabi. Recently WizzAir has created a base in Abu Dhabi and is offering its low cost tickets. WuzzAir is definitely a low cost, so do not expect to have food or TVs onboard.
The last option would be to search from Sharjah Airport. Sharjah is another emirate, neighbour or Dubai. The city is only 40 minutes driving from Dubai and any taxi will drive you to Dubai for around 150aed. Sharjah airport is the base of Air Arabia, a low cost operating in the region. Try to search the options of this airline or any other airlines that might operate a flight to Sharjah.
The last suggestion to how to fly cheap to Dubai would be flying during the week if you can or replanning your visit to low season.
