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Emirates airline airplane. Image courtesy Dubai Media Office Twitter handle.
Emirates is operating limited passenger flights to carry travellers from select destinations back to the UAE. The announcement regarding the same has been made on the airline's official website.
The current destinations for return flights include Frankfurt and London Heathrow and the passengers arriving from other countries on Emirates have to undergo a mandatory Dubai Health Authority Covid-19 test upon their arrival in UAE, observe a 14-day compulsory quarantine and a follow up test before their release.
It was on Friday, May 8, that Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways has opened booking for the UAE residents who are stuck abroad and want to return to the country.
Starting from May 9, the airline has opened booking in nearly a dozen cities.
The UAE residents can book inbound flights from Amsterdam, Barcelona, Frankfurt, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, London Heathrow, Manila, Melbourne, Seoul Incheon, Singapore, Tokyo Narita and Toronto.
Both of the carriers said that residents must obtain approval through Twajudi Resident service and hold a valid residence visa in order to be accepted for travel to the UAE.
Etihad also said all passengers will undertake thermal and PCR testing on arrival in Abu Dhabi and are required to self-isolate for 14 days.
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