Emirates

A fifth freedom route from Milan to New York, as well as flights between Dubai and Orlando, are set to restart in June.

Dubai-based Emirates is resuming its fifth-freedom service between Milan Malpensa (MXP) and New York (JFK) starting June 1.

The airline is restoring Tasmania to its network after a 23-year absence. The route comes as New Zealand’s government has announced the extension of an air connectivity scheme.

Given the massive financial losses at many European hubs as a result of COVID-19, Vienna Airport (VIE) got off relatively lightly in announcing a loss of €76 million ($90 million) for 2020.

Emirates and TAP Air Portugal have signed a MOU to increase the scope of their current codeshare partnership.

The agreement comes as TAP 'looks at potential expansion opportunities' in the United Arab Emirates.

The pass could be the first step to 'normalized' air travel.

The airline is restoring one its longest fifth freedom routes.

Emirates Airline president Tim Clark expects the recovery of air travel to be delayed beyond the upcoming summer season and foresees a substantial return of demand only in the 2021 fourth quarter.

Emirates Airline passengers using the carrier’s Dubai International (DXB) hub will increasingly not need to physically interact with airline staff as they arrive for flights.

Several elements of Dubai’s aviation infrastructure have combined to speed up the distribution via the Gulf emirate of COVID-19 vaccines—particularly to poorer countries.

Gulf carriers Emirates Airline and Qatar Airways aim to reroute more passengers from Africa via their respective hubs in Dubai (DXB) and Doha (DOH) once the COVID-19 pandemic eases.

Atlanta will return to the Qatar Airways network in June as part of an expansion of services to the U.S.

Additional international services are returning to the Gulf carriers’ route maps.

UAE carriers Emirates Airline and Etihad Airways will become two of the first airlines globally to trial the IATA Travel Pass, which aims to help passengers navigate changing government requirements for traveling during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The latest route cancellations follow the airline’s pause of flights to South Africa.

Passenger demand is returning on Dubai-US routes as COVID-19 vaccine distribution picks up, carrier says.

Emirates Airline launched scheduled premium economy class services on Jan. 4 between Dubai (DXB) and London Heathrow (LHR) aboard its recently delivered Airbus A380.

The oneworld alliance member will compete with Emirates on the service.

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Abu Dhabi, the federal capital of the United Arab Emirates and one of the seven that constitute the small desert nation, has eased its strict quarantine regulations.

Emirates Airline has taken delivery of one Airbus A380 from the Airbus facility at Hamburg Finkenwerder and plans to add a further two of the type before the end of the month.

Emirates Airline will expand service to the UK over the coming weeks following the establishment of an air corridor between the UK and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The Dubai-based airline said increased demand has prompted an expansion of its UK flight schedule.

Emirates has signed an interline agreement with FlySafair for connections into the South African LCC’s three domestic hubs.