flydubai has set December start dates for direct flights linking Dubai with Riga, Salzburg and Vilnius. Reported by Gulf News on 10 November 2026, the schedule restores a transit-free bridge between the Emirates and three European cities just as the high season for private travel opens.
What flydubai confirmed
The carrier resumes Dubai–Riga on 11 December, flying Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and both Dubai–Salzburg and Dubai–Vilnius on 12 December, each on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. All three run three times a week and depart from Terminal 3 at Dubai International. Latvia's Riga, the Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Airport in Salzburg and Vilnius in Lithuania return to the map after a seasonal gap.
Published starting return fares open at Dh2,442 to Riga, Dh2,699 to Salzburg and Dh3,112 to Vilnius in Economy Lite, with Business Class also on sale. flydubai chief executive Ghaith Al Ghaith framed the routes as broadening the airline's European network, while commercial chief Jeyhun Efendi pointed to winter as a key driver of demand. Fares are subject to availability.
Why it matters for a private trip
For a traveller based in the Baltics or the Alps, the value is a straight line into Dubai's winter sun with no connection to engineer. You step off at Terminal 3, clear immigration and meet a private chauffeur at the kerb, rather than losing half a day to a hub transfer. Riga and Vilnius in particular reopen a direct door for the region's Russian-speaking travellers.
The routes operate under flydubai's codeshare with Emirates, so a single ticket can thread an Alpine or Baltic leg to Dubai and onward, with baggage checked through to the final stop and connections to more than 120 destinations across the network. That turns Salzburg's mountains and Dubai's warmth into one seamless itinerary instead of two separate trips.
Building it into a private winter
Because each route flies only three days a week, the premium move is to lock the flight first and build the private programme around it. Business Class is on sale on all three, and a concierge can pair arrival with a fast-track welcome and a chauffeured transfer straight to your hotel on the Palm or in Downtown.
From there, a private city day, a desert evening or an Abu Dhabi museum run slots in around your dates, and the Emirates link keeps a grand tour open, adding a Maldives or Zanzibar coda through Dubai on the same booking. The thin schedule rewards planning, not improvisation.
Three direct routes, three days a week each from mid-December: book the premium cabin early, let a concierge handle the arrival, and the new flydubai schedule becomes the clean opening act of a private winter in the Emirates.
