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EMIRATES RAMPS UP NETWORK COVERAGE AS TRAVEL CORRIDORS START TO OPEN THE OPENING OF TRAVEL corridors between
the UAE and multiple destinations has seen Emirates boost its network, with the carrier operating more than 280 weekly flights from Dubai across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Indian Ocean from July 1. In Europe, Emirates passengers leaving Dubai can now access quarantine-free travel to Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Russia, Turkey, Spain, and France (introduced on June 9). In the Middle East, the carrier has expanded its flight schedules to Jordan, Lebanon, Bahrain and Egypt and from July 2, more convenient travel options will be available to The Maldives, Seychelles, and Phuket in Asia and Kenya, Tanzania and Morocco in Arica. Emirates is also now flying to 11 destinations
in the United States and will add Miami to its network on July 21. The airline is also continuing to enhance its partnership with flydubai, stepping up its joint network and schedule to offer 48 cities across 33 countries with quarantine-free entry this summer, providing more options than any other airline in the region, it claims. Emirates is also scaling up its IATA Travel Pass capabilities on its flights to Barcelona, Moscow, Istanbul, New York JFK, Madrid and from London Heathrow with plans to scale up across all of its flights by July, in addition to offering customers travelling from Dubai paperless verification of COVID-19 related medical records through its partnership with the Dubai Health Authority.
AIR ARABIA is launching the first ever service from Sharjah to Phuket and resuming services to Bishkek on July 2 AIR ARABIA ABU DHABI will fly to Sarajevo from July 12 AIR ARABIA EGYPT will introduce three new domestic routes from July 2: Sharm El Sheikh to Cairo, Alexandria to Hurghada and Cairo to Hurghada AIR CANADA has resumed its three-times weekly Dubai service EMIRATES will operate a new service to Miami from July 22 and is resuming services to Venice from July 1, to Phuket and Nice from July 2, to Lyon from July 9 and to Malta via Larnaca from July 14 FLYDUBAI is resuming flights to Naples, Italy from July 1 and will fly to the Greek islands of Santorini and Mykonos until September 29 FLYNAS is introducing non-stop services from Jeddah to the Seychelles from July 1 OMAN AIR has launched a seasonal service between Muscat and Tbilisi QATAR AIRWAYS is resuming flights to Sharjah and Phuket on July 1 and to Malaga on July 2 WIZZ AIR ABU DHABI will launch services to Chisinau, Moldova from Setpember 4
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Ireland opens up to vaccinated GCC travellers THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND has announced the adoption of the EU’s new Digital COVID Certificate, which will be extended to vaccinated visitors from outside of the EU, including the GCC countries, from July 19. This means all travellers with approved vaccinations can visit Ireland without the need for a test or quarantining from that date. Approved vaccinations accepted for travel to Republic of Ireland include two doses of Pfizer-BioNtech, Moderna and Oxford-AstraZeneca and one dose of Johnson & Johnson/Janssen. Travellers from the GCC will be able to travel to Ireland provided they have received the full course of any one of these approved vaccinations. These rules apply to Republic of Ireland only and exclude Northern Ireland, which is subject to the UK government requirements. J U LY-A U G U S T 2 0 2 1
