Dubai: Flydubai is launching flight to Kazakhstan’s capital of Astana, the budget carrier said in a statement on Monday.

The airline will offer four  flights per week to Astana starting October 26, 2015. Flydubai said it will be the first Dubai-based carrier to serve this route.

Astana becomes the ninth destination in flydubai’s network in Central Asia and the Caucasus. With the new launch the airline will operate 38 weekly flights from Dubai to cities in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.