The low-cost carrier of Dubai, flydubai, is starting a new service from Chennai next year. Beginning from March 31, 2015, the service will run three times a week direct between Dubai and Chennai. Flights will depart from Dubai every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 9.25pm, arriving in Chennai at 3.15am. The return service will then leave Chennai at 5.15am every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, and get back into Dubai at 8.05am. Like all flydubai routes it will be operated using a Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Chennai is flydubai’s eighth destination in India, after Ahmedabad, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Lucknow, Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram.