Emirates has revised its booking policies to offer customers added flexibility
Sources have indicated that Emirates’ workforce of 4,300 pilots and almost 22,000 cabin crew “could shrink by almost a third from its pre-coronavirus levels”
The certificates must be issued no more than 96 hours before departure
The airline crossed its target by early June, expanding its processing capability from a monthly average of 35,000 requests to nearly 200,000
The carrier will resume its Chauffeur Drive service and airport lounge for premium customers following a full health and safety review
Residents do “not need a Covid-19 test or Dubai government approval to leave Dubai”
Last week, the carrier announced the addition of scheduled passenger flights from seven cities in July
The new routes will increase Emirates’ total number of destinations to 48
The airline will continue to operate repatriation flights into Pakistan as per the announced schedule
The airline said that it’s seeing a positive trend of traffic building up across its network
The Dubai-based carrier’s chairman and CEO confirmed that the airline would expand its services to additional destinations
The carrier will add frequencies on 14 existing routes in July
The airline has been forced to lay off some of its employees due to the impact of the coronavirus
The flights will depart from Dubai to Cairo on June 14, 18, 19 and 21
The majority of those being retrenched are cabin-crew members
From June 8, Emirates will also offer flights from Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad for travellers from Pakistan who wish to connect onwards to other destinations
Members can also earn Skywards Miles while shopping, with 1 Mile earned for every $1 spent
The airport retailers plans to reopen operations in Terminal 2 later this week
The basic salary reduction, which took effect on April 1, will be applied to all employees at grades 4 and above
From June 8, Emirates will also offer flights from Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad for travellers who wish to connect onwards to other destinations
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 virtual meeting was attended by representatives from the city’s aviation and hospitality sectors
Introduced nearly 50 years ago, air miles are a way for the industry to make money
The new measures come into effect on May 21, with the resumption of regularly scheduled passenger flights to nine destinations
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