Though flydubai is a LCC, it has two classes of travel.
In addition to Economy, it also has a Business Class.
flydubai has 4 different fare classes and baggage allowances are linked to these classes. These fare classes are -
| Cabin Class | New Fare Types | Old Fare Types |
| Economy | Lite | Pay to change |
| Value | Free to change | |
| Flex | Special offer | |
| Business | Business | Business Basic |
| Hand baggage | Checked Baggage | |
| Lite | 7 kg | - |
| Value | 7 kg | 20/30 kg |
| Flex | 7 kg | 30/40 kg |
| Business | 14 kg | 40 kg |
Hand or Cabin Baggage
Hand or cabin baggage is dependent on class of travel on the carrier. There are restrictions of weight, dimensions and number of pieces that can be carried on board.
Economy class passengers (on all fare classes) are allowed to carry only 1 item of hand baggage of weight up to 7 kgs and of maximum dimensions 56, 45 and 25 cms. Additionally, you can carry one personal item such as laptop or small ladies bag, not exceeding 25, 33, 20 cms and total weight of this personal luggage and hand baggage shall not be more than 10 kgs.
Business class travelers have higher allowance. They are allowed to carry 2 bags of total weight of 14kgs with each item being of 56, 45 and 25 cms.
Infants are allowed one extra bag for cabin and it must also meet the same dimensional restrictions.
Checked In Luggage
Checked in baggage rates depend on route travelled and whether the bookings are Economy and Business class.
The check-in baggage is based on both weight and piece system. For flights to Americas and Africas, the piece system of allowance is used.
Weight-based baggage allowances have been provided above.
Piece-based baggage allowances are 2 bags of 23 kg each for Economy class and 2 bags of 32 kg each for Business Class.
Pre-purchase Bags
You have the option to pre-buy 20 kgs of baggage and within this weight limit, you can check in up to 3 bags.
All checked-in luggage piece shall weigh 32 kgs or less and shall be of 75, 55 and 35 cms in dimensions.
Pre-buy slabs of baggage weight are of 20, 30 and 40 kgs and their respective charges are AED 50, 100 and 200 provided that the flight booking happens on flydubai website, through call center and flydubai travel shop.
Airport Baggage Rates
If passengers do not buy the baggage as per these slabs at the time of bookings (or up to 4 hours before scheduled departure in case of economy class booking), they will have to pay at the airport check in facility at per kg rate. The rates of airport check in depend on Zone of travel. For this purpose, flydubai has divided its sectors of travel into 8 zones. These zones are:
Zone 1: Dubai
Zone 2: Bahrain, Doha, Kuwait, Muscat, Salalah
Zone 3: Riyadh, Tabuk, Taif, Yanbu, Abha, AlUla, Dammam, Hofuf, Jeddah, , Gassim, Gizan, Ha'il, Madinah
Zone 4: Tehran, Tel Aviv, Amman, Baghdad, Basra, Lar, Mashhad, Najaf, Beirut, Erbil, Esfahan, Shiraz, Sulaimaniyah
Zone 5: Asmara, Dar es Salaam, Addis Ababa, Alexandria, Djibouti, Entebbe, Port Sudan, Zanzibar, Hargeisa, Juba, Khartoum
Zone 6: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chattogram, Chennai, Delhi, Kochi, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Kabul, Colombo, Karachi, Kathmandu, Faisalabad, Maldives, Multan, Sialkot, Quetta
Zone 7: Krabi, Yangon
Zone 8: Almaty, Bratislava, Ljubljana, Makhachkala, Mineralnye Vody, Minsk, Moscow, Mykonos, Naples, Novosibirsk, Nur-Sultan, Odesa, Pisa, Prague, Santorini, Sarajevo, Batumi, Belgrade, Bishkek, Bodrum, Skopje, Sochi, Sofia, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Tivat, Tirana, Ufa, Warsaw, Yekaterinburg, Yerevan, Kazan, Krakow, Krasnodar, Kyiv, Zagreb, Bucharest, Budapest, Catania, Cluj-Napoca, Ankara, Ashgabat, Baku, Dubrovnik, Dushanbe, Helsinki, Istanbul, Izmir, Rostov-on-Don, Salzburg, Samara, Samarkand.
All price in table below are in AED.
| Z 1 | Z 2 | Z 3 | Z 4 | Z 5 | Z 6 | Z 7 | Z 8 | |
| Zone 1 | - | 40 | 40 | 60 | 40 | 40 | 60 | 60 |
| UAE | ||||||||
| Zone 2 | 40 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 80 | 80 |
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GCC |
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| Zone 3 | 40 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 80 | 80 |
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Saudi Arabia |
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| Zone 4 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
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Middle East |
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| Zone 5 | 40 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
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Africa |
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| Zone 6 | 40 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 80 | 80 |
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Subcontinent |
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| Zone 7 | 60 | 80 | 80 | 60 | 60 | 80 | 80 | 80 |
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Southeast Asia |
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| Zone 8 | 60 | 80 | 80 | 60 | 60 | 80 | 80 | 80 |
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Europe/CIS |
Latest 30 of 422 questions
Note: I have 24 inches handbag can I carry and 32 inches luggage??
My flight from saudi to dubai and dubai to Nepal.
Yes, you can take 2 check in bags within permitted allowance limit of 30 kg. You can divide this weight in any way you want between two bags. Max size of check in bag shall not be more than 165 cm in linear dimensions, that sum of all three dimensions added only once.
For cabin baggage you can 1 bag of up to 7 kg and dimensions 55cm by 38cm by20 cm
You will have to pay excess baggage charges.
I would like to know if a 55 inch TV is allowed as checked in luggage to Entebbe from Dubai?
Please mention the route and cabin class of travel.
IF guitar fits the carry on size limits, then it can be carried in cabin for free. Otherwise, you will have to either buy a seat for keeping it or take in check in baggage.
Please mention the sectors which you are flying.
Economy Value and Flex tickets are allowed 30 kg free check in baggage and 7 kg cabin baggage.
It can be carried in check in baggage for free if you are flying on Hajj or Umrah Visa and to/from Jeddah, Madina, Taif and Yanbu.
You can bring 5 litres of ZAMZAM water in addition to check in baggage allowance from Madinah, Taif or Yanbu.
It is good to keep the dimensions same as prescribed by the airline.
It can be taken within the free allowance limits of the check in baggage. You can not bring it free of cost in addition to free check-in baggage allowance.
YEs, it can be carried in 2 check in bags.
If you have booked economy class tickets, the cabin allowance is of 7kg.
Since the guitar size is more than free allowance size for cabin bag, you need to buy a seat for taking it in cabin. Else, you just have to put it in checkin baggage.
It shall be 30 kg check in baggage per adult or child passenger for Economy Value and Flex. Economy Lite does not offer free check in baggage.
The charge at airport is AED 60 per excess kg. Covert that to local currency from your departure country.
Max weight of a check in bag shall not exceed 32 kg. Linear dimensions of the check in bag shall not be more thn 158 cm linear dimensions if this is to be carried for free.
You will have to check with the airline if more is allowed to be taken or not.
If it shows 40 kg is okay, then this has to be divided into 2 check in bags because the weight of any one check in bag can not be more than 32 kg.
You have not mentioned in which cabin class or fare type are your traveling.
This shall not be a problem provided these are not irregular in shape and are not tied or wrapped with any rope or fabric (which makes it irregular).
I'm traveling from Muscat to Prague via economy.. I have 7kg allowance...my 3 year kid is also traveling with me..
Am I allowed to carry a stroller?
Yes, fully collapsible stroller can be carried in check in baggage as a part of free allowance.
It will be PLN 184 for a 20 kg baggage.
My baggage size is 92 x 44 x 35 cm. and the allowed size is only 75 x 55 x 35 cm. Will I pay for the excess in length from 75 to 92? If so how much. The weight is 32 kgs. I am flying from Baghdad to Dubai.
If you are flying Economy flex or Value, allowance is 30 kg in check in baggage. If it is economy Lite, no free check in baggage allowance. It is the sum of dimensions which is considered for check in baggage.
It can be carried. Please also check with the departure airport as some do not allow more than 32 inches TVs.
flydubai will honour the Emirates free allowance.
apparently i have 45kg
Check in baggage allowance for Economy Value or Economy Flex tickets is 40 kg. Cabin allowance is 7 kg. Since one check in bag can not have more than 40 kg, the number of check in bags shall be atleast 2. Please check which of these tickets do you have. Economy Lite tickets do not allow any check in baggage allowance.
Route not mentioned. Also, please provide the fare class within economy which is booked.
You have not mentioned the route of travel. Generally, flydubai does not offer free allowance and you have to buy check in bag weight with minimum being a 20 kg slab.