Dubai’s Emirates to operate A380 to Guangzhou from August 8

Dubai’s Emirates will commence its A380 services to Guangzhou from August 8.

The airline has also restarted its A380 operations to Amsterdam and Cairo this week, and also introduced a second daily A380 service to London Heathrow.

Customers can currently fly the Emirates A380 daily to Amsterdam, four times a week to Cairo, twice daily to London Heathrow, once daily to Paris, and once weekly to Guangzhou (from August 8).

Emirates has so far resumed A380 services to five cities and it will gradually expand its deployment according to demand and operational approvals.

Over the past week, Emirates has also resumed flights from Dubai to Addis Ababa, Clark, Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, Prague, São Paulo, Stockholm and Seychelles.

The airline’s passenger services has expanded to 68 cities in August, returning to 50 per cent of its pre-pandemic destination network.

As part of the Covid-19 precautionary measures, Covid-19 PCR tests are mandatory for all inbound and transit passengers arriving to Dubai (and the UAE), including UAE citizens, residents and tourists, irrespective of the country they are coming from.

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Emirates is committed to offer Covid-19 related cover to passengers, allowing customers to claim medical expenses of up to EUR150,000 and quarantine costs of EUR100 per day for 14 days, regardless of class of travel or destination on flights undertaken until October 31.

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Emirates has also implemented safety and precautionary measures including the distribution of complimentary hygiene kits containing masks, gloves, hand sanitisers and antibacterial wipes to all customers.