Abu Dhabi, the federal capital of the United Arab Emirates and one of the seven that constitute the small desert nation, has eased its strict quarantine regulations.
Emirates Airline has taken delivery of one Airbus A380 from the Airbus facility at Hamburg Finkenwerder and plans to add a further two of the type before the end of the month.
Emirates Airline will expand service to the UK over the coming weeks following the establishment of an air corridor between the UK and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Emirates expects a “steep rebound” in air travel to take place once a COVID-19 vaccine is available, according to its chairman and CEO Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum.
Emirates Airline has offered some pilots unpaid leave of up to one year, as it seeks to slim its workforce in the teeth of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Emirates has formed an interline agreement with Airlink, the Johannesburg-based airline which previously provided feed for South African Airways’ (SAA) long-haul routes.
An interline agreement with Airlink will allow travelers from Dubai to Cape Town and Johannesburg to go onwards to 45 destinations across the Southern Africa.
Israel and the United Arab Emirates will a sign an agreement on Oct. 20 that should pave the way for scheduled commercial routes between Israel and the UAE to begin within weeks.
Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at Qatar Airways adding a long-awaited Ghana service; Emirates upgauging its Moscow route; and Viva Air’s plans to open a Bogota-Cali link.
The gradual restoration of the route networks of Emirates Airline and LCC sister-company flydubai has seen the resumption of the strategic partnership between the two carriers.
