Dubai’s Emirates Airline and Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways have both suspended flights to destinations around the world as a result of travel and immigration restrictions to reduce the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) worldwide.
So far, Emirates has suspended flights to these destinations:
Africa
• Abidjan (via Accra): From 21 March to 20 May
• Abuja: From 23 March until further notice
• Accra: From 20 March to 21 May
• Algiers: From 18 March to 20 May
• Cairo: From 19 March to 30 June
• Casablanca: From 16 March to 30 June
• Conakry: From 22 March to 19 May
• Dakar (via Conakry): From 22 March to 19 May
• Durban: From 24 March to 20 May
• Harare (via Lusaka): From 20 March to 20 May
• Khartoum: From 18 March to 20 May
• Lagos: From 23 March until further notice
• Lusaka: From 20 March to 20 May
• Luanda: From 22 March to 20 May
• Tunis: From 18 March to 20 May
• Dubai to Mauritius: From 20 March to 2 April. During this time, passengers can only travel from Mauritius to Dubai as directed by Mauritian authorities.
Americas
• Buenos Aires (via Rio de Janeiro): From 25 March to 20 May
• Chicago: From 27 March to 30 June
• Fort Lauderdale: From 13 March to 30 June
• Houston: From 27 March to 30 June
• Mexico City (via Barcelona): From 20 March to 20 May
• New York EWR: From 24 March until further notice
• New York JFK: From 24 March until further notice
• New York JFK – Milan: From 11 March to 20 May
• New York EWR – Athens: From 13 March to 20 May
• Orlando: From 24 March to 30 June
• Rio de Janeiro: From 25 March to 20 May
• San Francisco: From 29 March to 30 June
• Santiago (via Rio de Janeiro): From 25 March to 20 May
Asia
• Ahmedabad: From 23 March to 28 March
• Bengaluru: From 23 March to 28 March
• Chennai: From 22 March to 28 March
• Colombo (via Male): From 23 March to 30 June
• Delhi: From 22 March to 28 March
• Dhaka: From 22 March to 31 March
• Hyderabad: From 22 March to 28 March
• Islamabad: From 22 March to until further notice
• Kabul: From 26 March to 30 June
• Karachi: From 22 March to until further notice
• Kochi (Cochin): From 23 March to 28 March
• Kolkata: From 23 March to 28 March
• Lahore: From 22 March – until further notice
• Mumbai: From 22 March to 28 March
• Peshawar: From 22 March until further notice
• Sialkot: From 22 March until further notice
• Trivandrum: From 22 March to 28 March
Australasia
• Adelaide: From 23 March to 20 May
• Auckland (via Bali): From 29 March to 30 June
• Brisbane: From 29 March to 30 June
• Christchurch (via Sydney): From 29 March to 30 June
• Melbourne (via Singapore): From 23 March to 20 May
• Melbourne: From 29 March to 30 June
Europe
• Athens: From 23 March to 30 June
• Barcelona: From 20 March to 20 May
• Bologna: From 13 March to 20 May
• Brussels: From 26 March to 30 June
• Budapest: From 13 March to 20 May
• Düsseldorf: From 23 March to until further notice
• Edinburgh: From 25 March to 30 June
• Frankfurt: From 23 March to until further notice
• Geneva: From 23 March to 30 June
• Hamburg: From 23 March to until further notice
• Istanbul (IST): From 17 March to 20 May
• Istanbul (SAW): From 17 March to 20 May
• Larnaca: From 17 March to 20 May
• Lisbon: From 19 March to 30 April
• London Stansted: From 25 March to 30 June
• Lyon: From 23 March to until further notice
• Madrid: From 18 March to 20 May
• Malta (via Larnaca): From 17 March to 20 May
• Milan: From 13 March to 20 May
• Moscow: From 30 March to 30 June
• Munich: From 23 March to until further notice
• Newcastle: From 25 March to 30 June
• Nice: From 23 March until further notice
• Oslo: From 28 March to 30 June
• Paris: From 23 March until further notice
• Porto: From 17 March to 20 May
• Prague: From 25 March – 30 June
• Rome: From 14 March to 20 May
• Saint Petersburg: From 30 March to 30 June
• Stockholm: From 26 March to 30 June
• Venice: From 12 March to 20 May
• Vienna: From 23 March to 30 June
• Warsaw: From 15 March to 20 May
Far East
• Bali: From 29 March to 30 June
• Bangkok – Hong Kong: From 9 March to 20 May
• Cebu: From 29 March to 30 June
• Guangzhou: From 5 February to 30 April
• Hanoi: From 23 March to 30 June
• Ho Chi Minh: From 25 March to 30 June
• Osaka: From 26 March to 30 June
• Phnom Penh (via Bangkok): From 29 March to 30 June
• Phuket: From 29 March to 30 June
• Shanghai: From 5 February to 30 April
• Taipei: From 16 March to 20 May
• Dubai – Hanoi: From 18 March to 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 to 24 March. During this time, passengers can only travel from Ho Chi Minh to Dubai as directed by Vietnamese authorities.
Middle East
• Amman: From 17 March to 30 April
• Baghdad: From 17 March to 30 April
• Basra: From 17 March to 30 April
• Beirut: From 17 March to 30 April
• Dammam: From 9 March to 30 April
• Jeddah: From 16 March to 30 April
• Kuwait City: From 14 March to 30 April
• Medina: From 5 March to 30 April
• Muscat: From 22 March to 5 April
• Riyadh: From 16 March to 30 April
• Tehran: From 26 February to 30 April
These are the destinations Emirates is still operating flights to:
Addis Ababa, Amsterdam, Bahrain, Beijing, Birmingham, Boston, Cape Town, Copenhagen, Dallas, Dar Es Salaam, Dublin, Entebbe, Glasgow, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, London (select airports), Los Angeles, Malé, Manchester, Manila, Nairobi, Perth, São Paulo, Seattle, Seoul, Seychelles, Singapore, Sydney, Thiruvananthapuram, Tokyo, Toronto, Washington, Yangon, Zagreb, Zürich.
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways has announced temporary changes to flight routes from the UAE capital to the rest of the world.
Changes are effectively now (except where stated otherwise below). Passengers facing flight cancellations are being informed that procedures are in place for refunds or for flight changes when services resume.
Those seeking refunds or changes are asked to refrain from contacting Etihad’s customer care centre unless their flight is scheduled in the next 48 hours.
Passengers scheduled to travel in the next few days will be treated as the priority.
Here are all the routes that have been temporarily suspended:
Africa
• Cairo: All flights suspended from March 20 to April 30.
• Casablanca: All flights suspended until April 30.
• Khartoum: All flights suspended from March 18 to April 30.
• Nairobi: All flights suspended from March 19 to April 30.
• Rabat: All flights suspended from April 30.
Asia
• Ahmedabad: All flights suspended until March 28.
• Bangalore: All flights suspended until March 28.
• Calcutta: All flights suspended until March 28.
• Chengdu: All flights suspended until further notice.
• Chennai: All flights suspended until March 28.
• Cochin: All flights suspended until March 28.
• Colombo: reduced to twice-daily from Match 29 to April 30.
• Delhi: All flights suspended until March 28.
• Hong Kong: All flights suspended until June 30.
• Hyderabad: All flights suspended until March 28.
• Mumbai: All flights suspended until March 28.
• Nagoya: All flights suspended until June 30.
• Shanghai: All flights suspended until March 28.
• Trivandrum: All flights suspended until March 28.
Europe
• Barcelona: All flights suspended until April 30.
• Baku: All flights suspended until April 30.
• Belgrade: All flights suspended from March 20 to April 30.
• Geneva: All flights suspended from March 19 to April 30.
• Istanbul: All flights suspended until April 30.
• Madrid: All flights suspended until April 30.
• Milan: All flights are suspended until April 30.
• Moscow: All flights suspended until April 30.
• Rome: All flights suspended until April 30, some flights until June 30.
Middle East
• Amman: All flights suspended until April 30.
• Beirut: All flights suspended until April 30.
• Dammam: All flights suspended until April 30.
• Jeddah: All flights suspended until April 30.
• Kuwait: All flights suspended until March 31.
• Medina: All flights suspended until April 30.
• Riyadh: All flights suspended until April 30.
Here’s where you can still fly to from Abu Dhabi with Etihad but with changes to flight frequency.
Asia
• Bangkok: Reduced from three-times daily to twice-daily from April 1 to 02 May.
• Jakarta: Reduced from twice-daily to once-daily from March 18 to June 30.
• Male: Reduced to daily flights until April 30.
• Manila: All flights suspended from March 18 to 30.
• Seoul: Reduced from daily to four weekly flights operating on Tuedays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays from March 30 to April 30.
• Singapore: Reduced from daily to four-times weekly on Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from April 1 to 30.
• Tokyo: Reduced from daily to four-times weekly on Mondays, Wednesday, Fridays and Sundays from April 1 to 30.
Europe
• Athens: Reduced from daily flights to four-weekly flights on Mondays, Wednesday, Fridays and Saturdays from April 1 to April 30.
• Nur-Sultan: Reduced to one flight per week from March 19 to 31, then suspended from April 1 to April 30.
Middle East
• Bahrain: Reduced from three-daily flights to daily flights until March 31, increasing to twice-daily from April 1 to 30.
• Muscat: Reduced from three-daily flights to twice-daily flights until April 30.
Here are the unaffected flights with Etihad from Abu Dhabi:
Alexandria, Amsterdam, Beijing, Brisbane, Brussels, Chicago, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Islamabad, Johannesburg, Kathmandu, Khozikode, Kuala Lumpur, Lagos, Lahore, Heathrow, Los Angeles, Manchester, Melbourne, Minsk, Munich, New York, Paris, Phuket, Singapore, Sydney, Vienna, Washington DC, Zurich
