Update: Emirates Airline to temporarily suspend all passenger flights by Wednesday March 25. For the full story, click here.
Dubai’s Emirates Airline has suspended more flights to destinations across the globe – including London Stansted, Paris and Melbourne – and as a result of travel and immigration restrictions to reduce the spread of COVID-19 worldwide.
As of now, the Dubai-based airline has suspended flights to more than 100 destinations effective immediately (unless otherwise stated as per below) and more changes could be announced in the next coming days – watch this space for updates.
Affected customers should contact their travel agent or the Emirates office to request a travel voucher and a statement on the Emirates website reads:
“We are experiencing high call volumes due to COVID-19. If you are not travelling in the next 72 hours please consider calling us later.”
Here is a list of all the routes that have been temporarily suspended:
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.
We’ll be updating this page as more updates come in, so keep your eyes peeled.
For a comprehensive list of which flights from the UAE are still operating with Emirates and Etihad, click here.
Head here for your up-to-the-minute guide to what’s happening in Dubai.
