Emirates will operate four-weekly services to Orlando from June 2, 2021
Terminal 1 at King Abdulaziz International Airport has the capacity of handling 30 million passengers a year
The carrier will scale flights to 12 per week, starting May 9
Customers who have been to or connected through Nigeria in the last 14 days are not permitted to board from any other point to the UAE
The expanded agreement will provide customers with booking, ticketing and travel benefits across 70 destinations on both airlines’ networks
Those who have been to or connected through Nigeria in the last 14 days are not allowed entry into the UAE, including connecting to onwards flights through Dubai
Starting March 28, the airline will offer customers 28 weekly flights to Male, and seven weekly flights to Mahe
The offer is valid for bookings from March 8-18, 2021, for travel until June 15, 2021
This agreement follows the Dubai government’s directive for government entities to leverage the expertise of semi-government and private organisations
The daily flights will commence from March 9, 2021
The airline has also introduced discounts on excess baggage rates to support demand from customers
The two entities signed an MoU to share, store and verify passenger health information related to Covid-19 infections, testing and vaccination
With the start of flights to Cluj-Napoka, the carrier will serve the Romanian market with a total of 16 weekly flights
The daily service will commence from June 1, 2021
Close to 26,000 of the group’s frontline aviation workforce has been vaccinated with two doses
Flights to South Africa have been suspended until March 10
However, Emirates flights from Dubai to Lagos and Abuja will continue to operate as per the normal schedule
The directive is effective from February 7 until February 20, 2021
Diplomatic passport holders and health practitioners alongside their families are exempted
The carrier is seeking to switch between 30 and 40 of its 115 commitments for the 777X to the Dreamliner as it calibrates fleet plans
The kiosks allow customers to check-in, receive their boarding pass, choose seats on board, and drop off their bags
The UK banned all direct passenger flights to and from the UAE starting January 29
Via the app, Emirates customers with an upcoming flight will be offered special rates for PCR tests
The validity of any Skywards Miles due to expire since April 2020 has been extended until June 30, 2021
The carrier will resume operations to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane later this week
Bookings have to be made between January 19 to February 2, 2021, for travel until June 15, 2021
IATA Travel Pass app enables passengers to create a ‘digital passport’ to share Covid-19 test and vaccination certificates with authorities and airlines
The company will offer the Pfizer-BioNTech and Sinopharm vaccines to employees based in the UAE
The airline said the decision was made due to “operational reasons”
The airline will halt flights between the UAE and South Africa from January 16-28