Emirates to resume flights to Tehran, 3 other destinations: Airline
Emirates Airline is resuming flights to the Iranian capital Tehran following more than four months of suspension over the new coronavoris pandemic.
The Emirates said on its official Twitter page on Thursday that flights to Tehran will resume on July 17 on a daily basis, while announcing that flights to Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa, China’s Guangzhou, and Norway’s Oslo will be reinstated later in July and in early August.
A report by The National, an English news website based in the United Arab Emirates, said that the Dubai’s flag carrier will introduce enhanced safety measures in its Boeing 777-300ER planes accommodating the new round of flights to protect passengers from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavius.
It said, however, that passengers from Iran will be required to produce a negative test certificate for COVID-19 before boarding flights by the Emirates from Tehran.
Emirates to resume flights to Tehran (from 17 July), Guangzhou (from 25 July), Addis Ababa (from 1 August) and Oslo (from 4 August), taking its passenger network to 62 destinations in August. https://t.co/qy9h49jVYQ#FlyEmiratesFlyBetter @DXB pic.twitter.com/gWbJQq8wH5
Emirates to resume flights to Tehran (from 17 July), Guangzhou (from 25 July), Addis Ababa (from 1 August) and Oslo (from 4 August), taking its passenger network to 62 destinations in August. https://t.co/qy9h49jVYQ#FlyEmiratesFlyBetter @DXB pic.twitter.com/gWbJQq8wH5
— Emirates Airline (@emirates) July 16, 2020
That comes as the airline still maintains Iran, the worst hit country by the disease in the region, on a list of destinations with high risks related to the disease.
The resumption of Emirates flights to Tehran comes several days after the airline reinstated flights to major European destinations, including to Rome and Munich, two main hotspots of COVID-19 in the continent.
It means that the carrier is currently flying to 62 destinations in six continents as it struggles to regain its share in an aviation market badly hit by the pandemic.
Like many major international airlines, the Emirates is struggling to cope with the economic losses suffered as a result of extremely low demand for flights during the pandemic.
Sources in the company have hinted at job cuts of up to 15 percent of its 60,000-strong workforce although they insisted earlier this month that redundancy numbers will be disclosed only after the pandemic slows down.
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