Late last month, all scheduled commercial flights across the UAE were grounded, on March 25, 2020. Emirates, which had flip-flopped on the decision to ground their fleet earlier, finally grounded the whole fleet along as well on March 25, 2020.

Now, Emirates has secured permission from the UAE Civil Aviation authorities to start operating a limited number of flights from April 6, 2020, onwards. In a Tweet by HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, who is the chairman of the Emirates Group and also the President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, he announced the decision.

Over time, @Emirates looks forward to the gradual resumption of passenger services in line with lifting of travel & operational restrictions, including assurance of health measures to safeguard our people & customers. Their safety & well-being will always be our top priority. 2/2

— HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum (@HHAhmedBinSaeed) April 2, 2020

These flights will initially, only serve passengers originating from Dubai and heading to their destination country, and not bring in any passengers at the moment. The schedule is yet to be known, but a lot of flights won’t be starting on day one. A gradual resumption is more like it.

Bottomline

Expect to see some of those 200+ Emirates aircraft getting out of storage and taking to the skies again shortly. However, do not dream of luxurious Emirates flights in the coming days as I fully expect special precautions and reduced service to be in place for a while to come.

---

Liked our articles and our efforts? Please pay an amount you are comfortable with; an amount you believe is the fair price for the content you have consumed. Please enter an amount in the box below and click on the button to pay; you can use Netbanking, Debit/Credit Cards, UPI, QR codes, or any Wallet to pay.

(Important: to receive confirmation and details of your transaction, please enter a valid email address in the pop-up form that will appear after you click the ‘Pay Now’ button. Even though the amount you enter has to be in INR, you may use an international card to process the transaction.)

We are not putting our articles behind any paywall where you are asked to pay before you read an article. We are asking you to pay after you have read the article if you are satisfied with the quality and our efforts.