UAE TO CONTINUE BAN ON FLIGHTS FROM INDIA, PAKISTAN AND 12 COUNTRIES

  • 27/06/2021

 The Federal Aviation Authority announced that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will continue to ban entry of flights from India, Pakistan, and 12 other countries. .The UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority on Sunday said flights from India, Pakistan, Liberia, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Uganda, Zambia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, and South Africa will remain suspended due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM).It is important to note that Cargo flights, business, and charter flights will be exempted from this ban.


UAE consists of seven emirates that have been setting their individual travel policies since the pandemic started. Dubai is scheduled to reopen its borders to foreign visitors from July, while Abu Dhabi requires arrivals from most countries to quarantine.Dubai had said on June 19 that an entry ban on those who in the past 14 days had visited India, Nigeria and South Africa would ease from June 23.Under the changes, entry would be permitted to UAE residents in India who were fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, anyone in South Africa who was fully vaccinated and those in Nigeria who had tested negative for coronavirus in the past 48 hours, according to a Reuters report.

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