▁bin ▁S ae ed ▁Al ▁M akt ou m , ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁chairman ▁of ▁Dub ai - based ▁Em ir ates . ▁Fly d ub ai ▁was ▁founded ▁and ▁comm enced ▁operations ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁and ▁expanded ▁rapidly . ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁it ▁fle w ▁to ▁over ▁ 1 0 0 ▁destin ations , ▁including ▁ 1 1 ▁in ▁Russia . ▁Its ▁entire ▁fleet ▁consisted ▁of ▁Bo eing ▁ 7 3 7 - 8 0 0 s ▁at ▁that ▁time . ▁Fly d ub ai ▁launched ▁its ▁Rost ov - on - Don ▁service ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁with ▁two ▁scheduled ▁fl ights ▁per ▁week . ▁ ▁The ▁air line ▁had ▁no ▁previous ▁fatal ▁acc idents ▁before ▁and ▁had ▁an ▁" ex cell ent ▁safety ▁record ". ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁Fly d ub ai ▁passed ▁the ▁safety ▁aud it ▁of ▁the ▁I ATA , ▁and ▁several ▁days ▁before ▁the ▁crash ▁had ▁become ▁an ▁official ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁organisation . ▁In ▁the ▁after math ▁of ▁the ▁crash , ▁Fly d ub ai ▁pil ots ▁raised ▁concerns ▁about ▁ro ster ing - related ▁fat igue . ▁A ▁pilot ▁told ▁BBC ▁News ▁on ▁a ▁condition ▁of ▁an onym ity ▁that ▁staff ▁had ▁ins u fficient ▁time ▁to ▁rest ▁between ▁sh ifts . ▁The ▁pilot ▁shared ▁their ▁concern ▁with ▁a ▁senior ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁staff , ▁who ▁replied ▁that ▁" we ▁don ' t ▁have ▁a ▁fat igue ▁issue