Emirates to Resume Flights to Baghdad, Basra and Nairobi

Emirates will resume flights to Nairobi on 2 August, as well as to Baghdad and Basra from 10 August.

The resumption of these three routes will take the Dubai-based airline’s passenger network to 67 destinations in August, including seven points in Africa and five points in the Middle East.

Flights between Nairobi and Dubai and Basra and Dubai will operate thrice weekly, while flights between Baghdad and Dubai will operate four times a week.

The flights will be operated with the Emirates Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.

In an attempt to try and build confidence amongst travellers, Emirates has committed to cover all COVID19 related medical expenses, free of cost, should a customer be diagnosed with COVID19 during their travel.

The cover is offered by Emirates free of charge to its customers regardless of class of travel or destination. It is immediately effective for customers flying on Emirates until 31 October 2020 (first flight to be completed on or before 31 October 2020), and is valid for 31 days from the moment they fly the first sector of their journey. This means Emirates customers can continue to benefit from the added assurance of this cover, even if they travel onwards to another city after arriving at their Emirates destination.

Customers do not need to register or fill in any forms before they travel, and they are not obligated to utilise the cover provided by Emirates.

Any impacted customer who has been diagnosed with COVID-19 during their travel simply has to contact a dedicated hotline to avail of assistance and cover.

The hotline number, and details of what COVID19 related expenses are covered, is available on the Emirates' website.

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