Etihad adds Melbourne and Amsterdam to list of special repatriation flights – The National

Etihad adds Melbourne and Amsterdam to list of special repatriation flights – The National

Etihad and Emirates airline resumed a limited schedule of flights earlier this week. Etihad Airways have added Melbourne and Amsterdam to its list of special repatriation flights.. Etihad and Emirates announced on Friday, April 3 that they would be restarting a limited schedule of flights to several destinations, as a special service to repatriate citizens of foreign countries.. The General Civil Aviation Authority said that Etihad and Emirates' services were not commercial flights, but special flights "for the purpose of evacuating residents and visitors who wish to leave the country and return to their country".. Starting 5 April, Etihad will resume passenger flights from Abu Dhabi to select destinations.. The new destinations of Melbourne and Amsterdam would be added immediately.. Flights to Melbourne would be offered five times a week, from Monday to Friday, and the flights to Amsterdam would be offered four times a week, on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.. The flights are one-way only, and on return journeys the airlines have been repatriating Emirati citizens stuck abroad, and bringing in fresh produce and cargo.. The airline had been granted permission to continue to operate several repatriation flights after the grounding of all commercial flights two weeks ago..