Looks like Dubai airport is getting ready to resume flights sometime soon after a nearly a month of coronavirus imposed quarantine.
Dubai started to ease strict measures of lockdown imposed more than a month ago to combat the novel coronavirus.
Since April 24, restaurants and retail outlets have been permitted to reopen under strict safety guidelines and Emirates President, Sir Tim Clark has said that the airline is ready to resume service with just 48 hours’ notice.
Now, after the UAE cancelled tourist visas in March, Dubai’s plans for a post Covid-19 future are slowly unfolding. Its ambitious goal is to welcome tourists back by July.
Helal Al Marri, Director General of DTCM (Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing), says: “July would be the time we start to see the air open up.” However, in an interview with Bloomberg TV this week, he warned that the process could be delayed until September. “Many international airports remain closed and really it’s about the bilateral discussions underway to have a co-ordinated approach to reopening.”
However, the close proximity of airplane seating will make social distancing tricky, and it remains to be seen how international airport protocols will be set – but Dubai and its state airline are braced for business returning.
