From June 8, Emirates will also offer flights from Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad for travellers who wish to connect onwards to other destinations
Transfer connections from these cities via Abu Dhabi will also be available
Individual carriers including Etihad Airways, Emirates, flydubai, and Air Arabia are expected to make announcements regarding their flight schedules over the next few days
UAE airlines Emirates and Etihad Airways have also confirmed redundancies
The airline remains confident of a strong revival by adding more destinations and facilitating transit passengers
The next six to nine months will be “tough” for the aviation industry
Airlines across the globe are cutting jobs as the pandemic hit travel demand
The airline said all international flights remain suspended until June 30
Domestic flights are also allowed to resume in the kingdom
All local destinations will be covered by these flights within two weeks
Middle East airlines face estimated revenue losses of $24bn this year, according to IATA
India began its ‘Mission Vande Bharat’ earlier this month to repatriate its nationals stranded abroad
In the next phase, 81 repatriation flights will be operated from May 26 until June 4
Flight PK 8303, an Airbus A320 jet operated by Pakistan International Airlines was flying from from Lahore to Karachi
The report added that more job cuts were expected
The airline is also facilitating transit flights from Sydney and Melbourne to and from London via Abu Dhabi
Tier Miles are normally linked to miles flown and consequently determine tier status – Blue, Silver, Gold and Platinum
Media reports had claimed that the airline planned to cut about 30,000 jobs or 30 per cent of its workforce
These flights have already received approvals from the UAE government
The airline also reported a turnover of Dhs901m in the first quarter of this year
The embassy said the service will resume after initial registrations have been accommodated
Dubai International Airport recorded 17.8 million customers in Q1 2020, down 19.8 per cent year-on-year
The second phase aims to return 30,000 Indians from 31 countries onboard 149 flights
The shields are made from 100 per cent recycled materials
The airport processed 7,315 cargo flights in March
The group’s revenues decreased 5 per cent to Dhs104bn
The current destinations for return flights include Frankfurt and London
The limited one-way flights from 12 cities have all been approved by the UAE government
The flights, operated by Air India Express, headed to Kerala in India
The Emirates Airline Foundation also donated more than Dhs6.5m to 22 projects in 12 countries from April 2019-March 2020