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Emirates extends its route suspensions

21/03/2020 by Kevincm

UPDATED: 13:56, 22/03  – As of 25th March 2020, Emirates will suspend its entire passenger operation. See the new post please


Emirates – like most other airlines are extending their suspensions of service as countries put up barriers to entry in an effort to defeat Covid-19/Coronavirus/Human Malware.

Emirates Boeing 777-300ER "Year of Zahed"
Emirates Boeing 777-300ER “Year of Zayed” preparing to depart Dublin – Image, Economy Class and Beyond

Below is the current list of destinations that Emirates have suspended services to as of 21st March. Note, some services are running, but are due to be suspended shortly. Check the Emirates page for the actual dates

Routes that have suspension in place until 28th March

  • Ahmedabad
  • Bengaluru
  • Chennaic
  • Cochin
  • Delhi
  • Hyderabad
  • Kolkata
  • Mumbai
  • Trivandrum

Routes that have suspensions in place until 31st March

  • Dhaka

Routes that have suspensions in place until 30th April

  • Amman
  • Baghdad
  • Basra
  • Beirut
  • Dammam
  • Kuwait City
  • Lisbon
  • Guangzhou
  • Jeddah
  • Medina
  • Muscat
  • Riyadh
  • Tehran
  • Shanghai

Routes that have suspensions in place until 19th/20th May

  • Abidjan (via Accra)
  • Accra
  • Adelaide
  • Algiers
  • Bangkok–Hong Kong
  • Barcelona
  • Conakry
  • Dakar (via Conakry)
  • BolognaBudapest
  • Buenos Aires (via Rio de Janeiro)
  • Durban
  • Harare (via Lusaka)
  • Istanbul (IST)
  • Istanbul (SAW)
  • Khartoum
  • Larnaca
  • Luanda
  • Lusaka
  • Madrid
  • Malta (via Larnaca)
  • Melbourne (via Singapore)
  • Mexico City (via Barcelona)
  • Milan
  • New York EWR (via Athens)
  • New York JFK (via Milan)
  • Porto
  • Rio de Janeiro
  • Rome
  • Santiago (via Rio de Janeiro)
  • Tunis
  • Venice
  • Warsaw
  • Taipei

Routes that have suspensions in place until 30th June

  • Athens
  • Auckland (via Bali)
  • Auckland
  • Bali
  • Brisbane
  • Brussels
  • Cairo
  • Casablanca
  • Cebu/Clark
  • Chicago
  • Christchurch (via Sydney)
  • Colombo (via Male)
  • Edinburgh
  • Fort Lauderdale
  • Geneva
  • Hanoi
  • Ho Chi Minh
  • Houston
  • Kabul
  • London Stansted
  • Melbourne
  • Moscow
  • Newcastle
  • Orlando
  • Osaka
  • Oslo
  • Phnom Penh (via Bangkok)
  • Phuket
  • Prague
  • Saint Petersburg
  • San Francisco
  • Stockholm
  • Vienna

Routes that have been suspended until further notice

  • Abuja
  • Dusseldorf
  • Frankfurt
  • Hamburg
  • Islamabad
  • Karachi
  • Lyon
  • Munich
  • New York EWR
  • New York JFK
  • Nice
  • Paris
  • Peshawar
  • Sialkot
  • Lagos
  • Lahore

Routes that have government controls applied

  • Dubai–Colombo From 19 March – 25 March. During this time, passengers can only travel from Colombo to Dubai as directed by Sri Lankan authorities.
  • Dubai–Hanoi From 18 March – 22 March. During this time, passengers can only travel from Hanoi to Dubai as directed by Vietnamese authorities.
  • Dubai–Ho Chi Minh From 18 March – 24 March. During this time, passengers can only travel from Ho Chi Minh to Dubai as directed by Vietnamese authorities.
  • Dubai–Mauritius From 20 March – 2 April. During this time, passengers can only travel from Mauritius to Dubai as directed by Mauritian authorities.

For particualr routes, check the Emirates page at have their route updates.

For those impacted, Emirates is offering Rebooking is permitted within the ticket validity without fee, applicable fare difference if any may apply or a travel voucher for ticket value with a validity of 12 months from date of issue.

Full details again at https://www.emirates.com/uk/english/help/travel-updates/#3515

 


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Comments

  1. Alison says

    22/03/2020 at 5:39 pm

    It’s entirely appropriate to try and control spread of the virus.
    It’s not appropriate to cancel flights and offer no help other than a telephone line that simply doesnt answer or drops out.
    Disgraceful customer service Emirates!

    • Kevincm says

      22/03/2020 at 6:28 pm

      There appears to be some movement on that front. Post coming in a few.

  2. Ben Low says

    22/03/2020 at 6:05 pm

    My partner booked a flight to return to Singapore from Brisbane. How will she be affected?

    • Kevincm says

      22/03/2020 at 6:27 pm

      Contact the airline. They have announced a partial operation, however it is VERY Limited.

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