Efforts underway to help in-transit flyers at Dubai airport

  • Date: 26-Mar-2020
  • Source: Khaleej Times
  • Sector:Defense
  • Country:UAE
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Efforts underway to help in-transit flyers at Dubai airport

Efforts underway to help in-transit passengers at Dubai airport. Dubai is taking steps to help those passengers who were in transit at the Dubai International Airport when their home countries suddenly stopped inbound flights.. Dubai Airports has issued a statement informing that airlines and embassies are now working to send the passengers to their home countries.�Passengers who are stranded at Dubai International because of the cancellation of their onward flights are being assisted by Dubai Airports� staff by referring them to their airlines and embassies who are working to repatriate them to their home countries,� Dubai Airports noted.. Several passengers, including 22 from India, were in transit at the Dubai Airport when India announced the decision to impose a ban on passenger flights.. Some of the stranded passengers have been at the airport since March 18.Passengers of other nationalities have also suffered a similar state since many countries have imposed such bans.. UAE has closed all its airports since Monday.. Indian mission said it is presently working with the UAE government to make arrangements for the passengers as India has still not given permission to repatriate them.�We don�t have permission for repatriation of stranded Indian passengers.. We are looking at