Dubai’s Emirates to restore flights to five African countries

  • Date: 28-Jan-2022
  • Source: Gulf Business
  • Sector:Transport
  • Country:UAE
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Dubai’s Emirates to restore flights to five African countries

Dubai carrier Emirates will resume passenger operations between the emirate and five African countries, starting January 29. The airline will restore services to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia; Dar El Salaam in Tanzania; Nairobi in Kenya; Harare in Zimbabwe; and its three South African gateways – Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. All flights can be booked on the carrier’s website, online travel agents and via travel agents. : Flights between Dubai and South Africa will operate as a daily flight to and from Johannesburg January 29 onwards, and double daily services from February 1. Flights to and from Cape Town and Durban will operate daily from February 1. Emirates will operate 10 weekly flights to Nairobi from January 29. The carrier’s flights to Addis Ababa will operate daily from January 30, with EK 723 taking off from Dubai at 9.25am, arriving in Addis Ababa at 12.40pm. EK 724 will depart from Addis Ababa at 3.05pm, arriving in Dubai at 8.15pm. Emirates will operate to Dar Es Salaam with five weekly flights, starting from January 30. Emirates will operate to Harare with six weekly flights linked to its Lusaka service from January 30. All passengers travelling from Emirates’ African network with Dubai