The Emirati airline Emirates has resumed its operations this Saturday after a week due to the war in Iran, as reported by the company in X. In it, it informs passengers with confirmed reservations for today’s flights that they can go to the airport. These travelers also include those customers “in transit” in Dubai, as long as their connecting flight will also be operated.
The company assures that it is aware of the situation in the region and that it will develop its operating calendar accordingly. In fact, early on Saturday in Dubai, early in Spain, the airline announced that it was suspending its flights until further notice, which arrived just an hour later. Dubai International Airport, one of the busiest in the world for long-distance travel, also temporarily paused its operations at the beginning of the day, after the country intercepted several projectiles in its airspace.
The decision to resume flights by Emirates, which has been operating limited services from Dubai and Abu Dhabi through secure air corridors, was announced the same morning as against its neighboring countries unless the attacks come from them.
Emirates has been forced by Iran’s retaliatory strikes, which prompted the United Arab Emirates to close its airspace and caused minor structural damage to the hub at Dubai International Airport.
Flights to Qatar
Airlines in Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait have also seen their operations suspended. Abu Dhabi-based Etihad said on Friday it planned to resume operations on some routes. For its part, Qatar Airways has indicated this Saturday through X that, although its operations remain suspended due to the closure of Qatari airspace, it will charter several flights to Doha tomorrow, Sunday, from Madrid, London, Paris, Rome, Frankfurt and Bangkok. The company adds that it has obtained temporary authorization from the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority, since a safe air corridor has been enabled.
For its part, the European Aviation Safety Agency on Friday extended its recommendation not to fly to the Middle East and the Persian Gulf until next Wednesday, March 11. In addition to Iran’s airspace, the warning refers to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon and Oman. And it affects both European airlines and flights operated by airlines from third countries, but with origin or destination in the European Union.
