Emirates suspends all flights to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane 'until further notice'
17 January, 2021
Emirates has announced it will suspend all flights to and from three of Australia’s major cities until further find.
The Dubai airline said on Friday, January 15 that the change would affect all flights to and from Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, citing “operational reasons” for the update in scheduling.
However, it noted a limited quantity of flights would operate above the coming days. Included in these are: Dubai ‑ Melbourne ‑ EK408/19JAN; Melbourne - Dubai ‑ EK409/20JAN; Dubai ‑ Sydney ‑ EK414/18JAN; Sydney - Dubai ‑ EK415/19JAN; Dubai ‑ Brisbane ‑ EK430/16JAN; Brisbane - Dubai ‑ EK431/17JAN.
"Customers holding tickets with final destinations Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane will never be accepted for travelling at their level of origin after the completion of the previously mentioned flights,” Emirates said found in a statement on its website.
“Emirates regrets any inconvenience caused. Infected customers should call their travelling agent or Emirates call centre for rebooking alternatives. To get update notifications, customers are requested to ensure their contact details are correct by visiting Manage Your Booking."
Emirates will continue to operate its twice-weekly way from Dubai to Perth.
It comes after a trip cap was announced in incoming passengers in three states in the country - New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia. The 50 % slash in arrivals will be in place until February 15, and will come in response to the brand new and extra transmissible variant of Covid-19.
The update follows the news headlines announced on Thursday that Emirates will be suspending all flights to and from South Africa until Thursday, January 28, again, due to operational reasons.
"Emirates flights to/from South Africa might temporarily come to be suspended from Saturday, January 16 to Thursday, January 28, 2021 because of operational reasons," the largest airline found in the United Arab Emirates said.
Inbound happen to be South Africa for leisure and business has dropped since mid-December when the united states identified a new, extra contagious variant of the coronavirus, forcing countries such as for example England, Germany, Switzerland and many in Asia to cancel flights to and from the united states.
The brand new variant is reported to be behind a major spike in daily infections and rising deaths going back month, with total cases currently standing at close to 1.3 million and over 35,000 deaths.
"Customers holding tickets with final destinations found in South Africa from January 16 to January 28 will not be accepted for travel at their point of origin," Emirates said.
Its local partner found in South Africa, Airlink, which sells airline seats supplied by Emirates for native destinations, didn't immediately respond to a contact seeking comment.
Source: www.thenationalnews.com
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