Etihad has introduced that it’ll start working restricted flights from Abu Dhabi ranging from Friday.
It mentioned the determination has adopted “extensive safety and security assessments”.
These new flights might be travelling to London Heathrow and Manchester in the UK, in addition to European cities resembling Barcelona, Brussels, Dublin, Rome, Paris, and Milan.
Passengers with earlier bookings might be prioritised, the airline mentioned, though tickets are additionally accessible to purchase on its web site.
The airline has warned travellers towards turning up to the airport except they’ve been contacted immediately by Etihad or maintain a confirmed reserving on considered one of the new flights.
New industrial flights out of Dubai have additionally been introduced by Emirates. They are open for reserving however clients with earlier bookings might be prioritised, the airline mentioned.
Flights to Manchester, Birmingham, London Heathrow, London Gatwick, and Edinburgh are scheduled for Friday and Saturday.
Passengers transiting in Dubai will solely be accepted on considered one of these flights if their connecting flight is working as deliberate.
Emirates mentioned it carried about 30,000 passengers out of Dubai on Thursday and has operated 35 flights to the UK since resuming companies.
The airline added that by Saturday it might have 106 return every day flights going to 83 locations. For the UK, it might be working 11 every day flights throughout 5 airports by Saturday, it mentioned.
The BBC’s Nick Beake, who was at Dubai Airport on Friday morning, mentioned it felt calm and quiet on Friday, with a gradual stream of passengers arriving. He added that there was no seen gathering of expats attempting to go away.
