flydubai Takes Delivery of 3 Boeing 737-800NG Aircraft

flydubai Boeing 737-800

flydubai has secured a $117.5 million loan guarantee through Ex-Im Bank of the U.S. and has taken delivery of 3 Boeing 737-800NG planes.

Ex-Im Bank is guaranteeing a 12-year loan from the Private Export Funding Corp. It is the Bank’s first authorization supporting aircraft exports to flydubai.

“This financing is a first for Ex-Im Bank for this successful new carrier in the Middle East, and this export is a great opportunity for Boeing to expand its market reach in the United Arab Emirates. The aircraft financed supported hundreds of jobs at Boeing and its suppliers across the country,” said Ex-Im Bank Chairman and President Fred. P. Hochberg.

“We believed that it was the right time, in flydubai’s third year of operation, to diversify the sources of funding for our aircraft. We are delighted to have the support of Ex-Im Bank and the Private Export Funding Corp. as we continue to grow, and we look forward to developing our relationship with them in the future,” said Ghaith Al Ghaith, CEO of flydubai.

In business since 2009, flydubai operates a route network of more than 45 destinations across the Middle East, North Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Asia, and Central and Eastern Europe. The airline is designated as a national carrier of the United Arab Emirates.

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