Are Moscow to Dubai flights on Aeroflot currently routing via Iran, and are they usually faster or more reliable than flydubai?

Late-September updates indicate that flydubai may again be avoiding Iran via Iraq after a period of Iran overflights, while Aeroflot continues to use the Iranian route. This can again make Aeroflot faster, but routing depends on current airspace restrictions.

Conditions can change from day to day: there were reports of intermittent Iranian airspace closures, so a flight's recent routing does not guarantee the same path on the departure date.

A mid-September report says Aeroflot does not always use the Iran route on Moscow–Dubai: flights may instead detour via Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Armenia. Check the actual routing close to departure.

A later traveler report notes that both flydubai and Aeroflot can face delays and a technical refueling stop in Islamabad. This does not support a clear Aeroflot reliability advantage for that period.

Update: flydubai has resumed flying over Iran on some routes for the first time since the war began. This cuts flight time from Dubai, including toward Russia, by roughly 40 minutes.

Amid renewed hostilities, a later update suggested not relying on Aeroflot routing via Iran; the actual route should be checked close to departure.

A recent observation was that flydubai and Emirates were shifting departure times and taking detours, but no cancellations were seen. For flydubai, this means schedule changes may still occur even if the flight is not cancelled.

The latest traveler check for Moscow–Dubai flights was whether Aeroflot had recently been routing through Iran and whether that was safe. The practical takeaway is that an Iran overflight was considered a current and realistic routing for Aeroflot at that time.

When comparing the two airlines on Moscow–Dubai, travelers noted that flight trackers made Aeroflot look faster because it was routing via Iran, while flydubai appeared to be taking a different path. If shortest travel time was the priority on those dates, Aeroflot was the option people were watching more closely.

From practical traveler feedback in the same period, Aeroflot on Moscow–Dubai was described as more consistent operationally even while flying via Iran, while flydubai was reported to have significant delays. If choosing mainly on schedule reliability, recent user experience favored Aeroflot.