I'd guess other regions have their own regulations also.

EK Suspending Passenger flights as of March 25th until further notice
 

https://www.emirates.com/media-centr...e-to-covid-19/

EK just announced they’re suspending passenger flight operations as of March 25th, 2020 until further notice. EK Sky Cargo will continue to operate

Wonder if they have changed their mind. That url is not working now

It's now on the main COVID-19 page :-

https://www.emirates.com/uk/english/...-updates/#3515

No. They have changed their mind.

The CNBC article has also changed


The previous tweets have all been deleted


The covid 19 page now says FLIGHT UPDATES

Emirates will temporarily suspend most passenger operations by 25 March.

Having received requests from governments and customers to support the repatriation of travellers, Emirates will continue to operate flights to the following countries until further notice, as long as borders remain open, and there is demand: the UK, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Japan, Singapore, Australia, South Africa, USA, and Canada. We aim to provide affected customers with updated information as early as possible. To receive the latest notifications on your flight, customers should ensure their contact details are updated by visiting manage my booking. Customers can also check the website for their flight status.

In that article, there are contradictory 2 statements :All very bizarre...

Most bizarre.

And a number of the countries they are now going to continue to operate to have effectively closed their borders.

For instance, Thailand has introduced onerous health certification and insurance requirements on foreigners and even made it hard for their own nationals to repatriate. Singapore, South Africa etc too have pretty much closed their borders.

Seems its now changed the COVID page also

"FLIGHT UPDATES Emirates will temporarily suspend most passenger operations by 25 March.
Having received requests from governments and customers to support the repatriation of travellers, Emirates will continue to operate flights to the following countries until further notice, as long as borders remain open, and there is demand: the UK, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Japan, Singapore, Australia, South Africa, USA, and Canada. We aim to provide affected customers with updated information as early as possible. To receive the latest notifications on your flight, customers should ensure their contact details are updated by visiting manage my booking. Customers can also check the website for their flight status."

Did Singapore not recently announce a close of its borders and transit customers?

I did a few random checks, and all LHR flights are still bookable. As are GLA & BHX. MAN/LGW/NCL seem to be cancelled. I'd expect all this change again by tomorrow though :D

Yes, although Singaporeans can return.

Latest update on CNBC News:

Emirates Airline has stepped back from its initial move Sunday to suspend all passenger flights due to the coronavirus crisis after facing pressure from governments.

Instead, it will temporarily suspend “most” passenger flights by March 25 , with flights still operating to several destinations based on demand and border accessibility.

“Having receiving requests from governments and customers to support the repatriation of travellers, Emirates will continue to operate passenger and cargo flights to the following countries until further notice, as long as borders remain open, and there is demand: the UK, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Japan, Singapore, Australia, South Africa, USA, and Canada,” a company statement said Sunday.

“The situation remains dynamic, and travellers can check flight status on emirates.com.”

The company added South Korea to that list shortly after issuing the statement.

The news comes amid mounting national lockdowns, border closures and flight groundings as coronavirus cases climb around the world.

Emirates Group said Sunday that it will not cut jobs, but will implement a temporary reduction in basic salary for the majority of its employees for three months, ranging from 25% to 50%. Emirates is the world’s largest A380 operator, and top-five largest airline in terms of passenger and freight ton kilometers flown.

“Pay cuts are across the board except junior level staff. But it is only on basic salaries. Flying pay isn’t affected by the announced cuts,” a representative from the company told CNBC.

Cost-cutting measures being undertaken by the group beyond the salary cuts include postponing or canceling discretionary spending, freezing all non-essential recruitment and consultancy work, encouraging employees to take paid or unpaid leave, and a 100% basic salary cut for Emirates and airport services provider dnata’s presidents Tim Clark and Gary Chapman.

The decision for the airline, one of the world’s largest in terms of passenger miles flown, means a significant hit to jet fuel demand in the region. Globally, major airlines are slashing services as demand screeches to a halt while people are urged to stay at home and self-isolate to slow the spread of the virus.

Interesting my parents were due to Manchester, wonder where they will be diverted, I would have thought Manchester was busier or location wise a better airport to keep then BHX but I guess loads factors and local costs come into play. Not sure who EK use for catering etc in Man but BHX is now Dnata so possibly a cost advantage. Seems intresting still 5 flights to LHR being shown, either it reduces tomorrow or possibly cargo loads on these flights is valuable

Indeed, I checked as well (though only the 4 ‘single digit’ LHR flight numbers appear to be bookable.

And I also expect this to have changed when I wake up tomorrow..

They had definitely meant 'Emirates will temporarily suspended all its passenger flights' in official comms to all staff