Emirates, the largest international airline in the world, has announced the resumption of full network operations in the coming days. The carrier is trying to resume operations after a week-long outage caused by Iranian missile strikes, postimees.ee reports.
The airline reported that it carried around 30,000 passengers from Dubai on March 5. By Saturday, March 7, a week after hostilities began, Emirates plans to operate 106 flights a day to 83 destinations, representing almost 60% of its route network.
Meanwhile, Qatar Airways, the region’s second largest airline, as well as airlines from Bahrain and Kuwait remain on the ground as airspace over those countries remains closed.
According to information on social networks, travelers from Latvia are also considering leisure trips to the United Arab Emirates.
According to information on the website of the Latvian national air carrier “airBaltic“, “Flights to and from Dubai have been canceled until March 16, 2026 (inclusive). Flight BT792 from Dubai to Riga scheduled for March 17 has also been canceled.”
However, for April of this year, tickets are already available for sale, starting from 215 euros per passenger in one direction. For context: the evacuation of one passenger from Dubai on Sunday, March 8, cost 1,000 euros. As we wrote, 145 passengers arrived in Riga on the fourth repatriation flight.
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