The UAE should be off UK’s red list “very soon” – Emirates chairman

The UAE should be off UK’s red list “very soon” – Emirates chairman

The UAE should be off the UK’s red list very soon, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman of Emirates told media on Monday, along the sidelines of the Arabian Travel Market 2021. “Our officials are already speaking and taking that very seriously; talking to the government and to the officials there to make sure that we should be very soon off the red list,” Sheikh Ahmed told CNBC. He pointed to the fact that there are over 150,000 people from the UK currently living in the UAE and that the easing of travel restrictions will allow these individuals to visit their home country more easily. The UK added the UAE to its red list in January this year. “If you have been in a country or territory on the red list in the last 10 days you will only be allowed to enter the UK if you are a British or Irish National, or you have residence rights in the UK,” says an advisory on the UK’s Department of Transport website. Apart from taking a Covid-19 test prior to travelling to the UK, those eligible to travel to the UK must quarantine for 10 full days in a managed