Coronavirus: Emirates airline suspends flights to more than 100 destinations – The National

  • Date: 23-Mar-2020
  • Source: The National
  • Sector:Transport
  • Country:UAE
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Coronavirus: Emirates airline suspends flights to more than 100 destinations – The National

Coronavirus: Emirates airline to suspend most passenger flights. The Dubai airline will temporarily halt flying passengers on most routes from March 25 'until travel confidence returns'. It had cut flights to more than 113 destinations across its network.. Emirates flies to more than 150 destinations across the world.. "By Wednesday 25 March, although we will still operate cargo flights which remain busy, Emirates will have temporarily suspended most of its passenger operations.. The last flight will depart from Dubai tomorrow.. Emirates had already cancelled flights to several cities in the UK, US, Australia and all destinations in New Zealand.. Flights to Kuwait were stopped on Saturday, March 14, and were to be grounded until at least Tuesday, March 31, after the Gulf country announced it was closed to commercial flights.. Emirates drops Italy flights as Rome airport closes. Emirates was also already one of several airlines to suspend flights to Italy after the country announced emergency travel restrictions to help contain the pandemic..