How UAE airlines make COVID-testing easier for travellers

  • Date: 13-Oct-2020
  • Source: Zawya
  • Sector:Transport
  • Country:UAE
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How UAE airlines make COVID-testing easier for travellers

Air travel bubbles and agreements have initiated a 'new normalcy' and airlines are taking great efforts to ensure passenger safety. Major UAE- based airlines, such as Emirates, Etihad, flydubai, and Air Arabia, are all gradually resuming flights to routes across the globe.Initiatives such as affordable and accessible pre-travel Covid-19 testing, stringent social distancing measures at airports and the launch of the CommonPass travel initiative is making international air travel more attractive to people across the region.Major airlines and healthcare facilities are now offering mandatory pre-departure real-time RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) test at affordable prices in the UAE.Tests for passengers travelling by Emirates is offered at a special rate of Dh150 at American Hospital, Dubai Media City Clinic, American Hospital, Al Barsha Clinic and American Hospital, Al Khawaneej Clinic. Test