Saturday 3 July 2021

Emirates suspends all India-UAE passenger flights until further notice

Emirates airlines announced that it has suspended all passenger flights coming from India with current effect until further notice, a travel...

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Emirates airlines announced that it has suspended all passenger flights coming from India with current effect until further notice, a travel update on the airline's website stated on Friday.

Further to the above restrictions, passengers who have done transit journey through India in the last 14 days will not be accepted to board the flights from any other part of the world to the UAE, the site notification stated.

UAE nationals, holders of UAE Golden Visas and members of diplomatic missions who falls under with the revised published Covid19 guidelines are exempted and may be accepted to travel.

On Thursday (July 1), UAE prohibited its citizens from travelling to the countries the UAE has put entry restrictions for flying from as a Covid precautionary measure.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) and the National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority (NCEMA) have announced that the UAE citizens are prohibited from travelling to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Namibia, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Liberia, South Africa, and Nigeria.

Earlier in June, Etihad Airways had announced the extension of flight suspensions from five countries until July 21.

The national carrier said restrictions on passenger flights from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka have been extended till July 21.

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