Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia temporarily suspends all flights from the UAE

Seeing that Covid-19 continues to pass on, airlines are endlessly updating trip schedules and amending booking conditions.

The most recent change to schedules comes as Saudi Arabia has closed its borders to nine countries, like the UAE, for flights both from and also to the kingdom.

Flights to and from Saudi Arabia for "all airline carriers" operating from the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria, South Korea, Egypt, Italy and Iraq have already been stopped from today until in least Wednesday, March 11.

Authorities announced that the measure was first a bid to regulate the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Following statement from the overall Authority of Civil Aviation Saudi Arabia, all flights from the UAE to Damman, Jeddah, Medina and Riyadh are cancelled.

Emirates customers who were due to travel to or from Saudi Arabia may rebook flights on an alternative date or apply for a refund. The airline reminded travellers travelling from any different country, but with your final destination of Saudi Arabia, that they can not be acknowledged for boarding at their stage of origin until further notice.

Beyond the air travel suspension, the kingdom has announced that it has suspended all happen to be these 9 countries for all Saudi residents and residents.

Etihad said it is working with impacted travellers to re-book or perhaps refund tickets to Saudi Arabia. The airline operates up to 12 flights each day between Abu Dhabi and the kingdom. Four Etihad flights which were en-way to Saudi Arabia when your choice was made to suspend flights landed in the kingdom.

Nationals of Saudi Arabia were permitted to disembark at Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam, but all the travellers remained on the aircraft to come back to Abu Dhabi.

The fourth flight operational during the suspension was announced operated to Medina to repatriate Umrah passengers from Saudi to the UAE.

Saudia Airlines - the national carrier for the kingdom - can be set to refund or perhaps rebook tickets for damaged travellers. The airline offers waived all change service fees on international flights to and from Saudi Arabia on tickets issued on or before March 31, 2020 for travel up to Wednesday April 15, 2020.

Etihad offers refunds for teachers and free of charge change for others

Etihad Airways, the countrywide carrier of the UAE, is allowing teachers across the country to claim a complete refund on flights that were booked for the spring break holiday.

This employs authorities in the UAE closed schools and moved the spring break holiday forward by fourteen days.

Teachers that were collection to fly with Etihad can claim a complete refund as long as flights were booked on or perhaps before March 5, 2020. To meet the requirements, teachers must definitely provide Etihad with a letter of confirmation of occupation from their university or education institution.

A full fare refund with no standard change costs will be issued.

Travellers who are not teachers, but who've been advised by authorities not to travel from the UAE can rebook flights, without any change service fees. New bookings could be for any period up to April 15, 2020 but only 1 fee-free change will get allowed. Travellers making different bookings between March 8 and April 7 to any vacation spot across Etihad's network can transform the date of travelling or destination once, fee-free.