CASE STUDY
The customer
THE CUSTOMER
From its home in Dubai, flydubai has created
a network of more than 90 destinations.
Over the next decade, the airline will see
its fleet grow by up to 237 aircraft. Since
commencing operations in June 2009,
flydubai has been committed to removing
barriers to travel, creating free flows of trade
and tourism and enhancing connectivity
between different cultures across its ever-
expanding network.
The flydubai fleet serves customers across
Africa, Central Asia, the Caucasus, Central
were not served by a UAE national carrier
from Dubai
• An efficient single fleet-type: Operates a
single fleet-type of 59 Boeing 737 aircraft
• Record-breaking orders: Placed the
largest single-aisle aircraft orders in the
region at the 2013 and 2017 editions of
the Dubai Airshow
• Enhancing connectivity: Carried more
than 70 million passengers since it began
operations in 2009
As a result of this growth, flydubai needed
to upgrade its IT infrastructure to create a
Digital Transformation capable of driving the
distribution of services and controls closer to
its customers, employees and partners.
IT PROVIDES US WITH CONNECTIONS
TO CLOUD SERVICE PROVIDERS, ALONG
WITH ONSHORE CONNECTIONS WITHIN
THE UAE.
and South-East Europe, the GCC and the
Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent.
The company wanted to upgrade its IT
infrastructure to create one that was global,
agile and flexible, capable of connecting to
other carriers and providers of cloud services.
It looked to Equinix, a global company which
connects the world’s leading businesses to
their customers, employees and partners
inside the most-interconnected data centres,
for a solution.
Business
challenge CHALLENGE
BUSINESS
Since commencing operations in 2009,
the airline has shown no sign of slowing
down. flydubai has marked its journey with
a number of milestones that represent the
scale of the ambition planned for the airline.
These have included:
• An expanding network: Created a
network of more than 90 destinations in
47 countries
• Serving under-served markets: Opened
up more than 71 new routes that did not
previously have direct air links to Dubai or
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INTELLIGENTCIO
A more responsive infrastructure would allow
the business to deliver more digital services
to its customers. It would also provide a
more efficient use of IT resources, and as a
result, the business would be better able to
scale as required.
Solution THE SOLUTION
To solve the challenges, Equinix helped
flydubai deploy a high-performance,
resilient infrastructure within the Equinix
Dubai (DX1) International Business
Exchange (IBX) data centre.
By building a digital edge alongside the
largest industry ecosystems on Platform
Equinix, flydubai placed strategic control
points next to its customers, clouds and
networks to reach everywhere, interconnect
everyone and integrate everything.
Ramesh Venkat, Chief Information Officer,
flydubai, said: “In aviation terms, over the
last 20 years, Dubai has proved to be a
global gateway.
“Equinix DX1 promises the same in terms
of digital connections. It provides us with
OUR DUBAI DATA
CENTRE ACTS AS
A REGIONAL HUB,
INTERCONNECTING
A CRITICAL MASS
OF INDUSTRY
PARTICIPANTS IN
ONE PLACE.
connections to cloud service providers, along
with onshore connections within the UAE.”
Business BUSINESS
results
RESULTS
The Equinix solution provides flydubai with
a range of efficient technology services
with a redundant multilocation model.
Being hosted in DX1 enables the airline
to develop and deliver a range of best-of-
breed digital services.
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