Emirates to resume flights to nine destinations from next week

Including Australia, Canada, the US and Spain
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Dubai-based airline Emirates has announced it's resuming its scheduled flight service to nine global destinations from next week, May 21.

The destinations include London Heathrow Frankfurt, Paris, Milan, Madrid, Chicago, Toronto, Sydney and Melbourne, including connections in Dubai for those travelling to Australia.

However, travellers will only be accepted on these flights if they comply with the eligibility and entry criteria requirements of their chosen destination.

Emirates is also looking to minimise interaction on-board - passengers can only bring on essential items and all cabin baggage will need to be checked in, too. Emirates’ cabin crew, boarding agents and ground staff who interact directly with travellers will also wear personal protective equipment including a protective disposable gown and safety visor.

If customers are passing through Dubai, they will have their temperatures checked via thermal scanners, and the aircraft cabins have been fitted with advanced HEPA air filters which claim to remove 99.97 per cent of viruses and eliminate dust, allergens and germs from cabin air.

Adel Al Redha, Emirates’ Chief Operating Officer, said: “We are pleased to resume scheduled passenger services to these destinations, providing more options for customers to travel from the UAE to these cities, and also between the UK and Australia. We are working closely with the authorities to plan the resumption of operations to additional destinations. We have implemented additional measures at the airport in coordination with the relevant authorities in respect to social distancing and sanitization. The safety and wellbeing of our employees, customers and communities, remain our top priority.”

The budget airline said: “Ryanair today announced plans to return to 40 per cent of normal flight schedules from Wednesday 1 July 2020, subject to Government restrictions on intra-EU flights being lifted, and effective public health measures being put in place at airports.”

Virgin Atlantic has, this week, also released its flight schedule for summer 2021 following its closure at Gatwick.

The airline will operate 24 routes next year from London Heathrow, Manchester, Glasgow and Belfast and it expects to ‘steadily increase’ flights in the second half of this year, before a ‘further, gradual recovery’ in 2021.

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