Feb 28, 2020, 1:40 pm
Last edit by: UAworldwide
Latest Updates On The Emirates Website for COVID-19 Can Be Found Using The Following Link:
https://www.emirates.com/uk/english/...tes.aspx/#3515
Updated Thursday 12th March 2020
IATA - Latest Travel News
https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/int...pub=autodetect
Flights have been suspended to the following destinations (as of 12 March 2020)
Americas
Rebooking and Refunds:
As detailed in the travel advisory using the Emirates link above
Dedicated Coronavirus Forum On FT
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/coronavirus-travel-773/
https://www.emirates.com/uk/english/...tes.aspx/#3515
Updated Thursday 12th March 2020
IATA - Latest Travel News
https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/int...pub=autodetect
Flights have been suspended to the following destinations (as of 12 March 2020)
Americas
- Fort Lauderdale: 13 to 31 March
- New York JFK – Milan: 11 March to 03 April
- New York EWR – Athens: 13 March to 31 March
- Venice: From 12 March - 03 April
- Milan: From 13 March – 03 April
- Bologna: From 13 March – 03 April
- Rome: From 14 March – 03 April
- Warsaw: From 15 March - 28 March
- Turkey (IST/SAW): From 17 March - 31 March
- Guangzhou: From 05 February until further notice
- Shanghai: From 05 February until further notice
- Bangkok - Hong Kong: From 9 March – 31 March
- Taipei: From 16 March until further notice
- Kuwait: From 14 March to 31 March
- Tehran: From 26 February until further notice
- Beirut: From 17 March to 31 March
- Cairo: From 19 March to 31 March
- Iraq: From 17 March to 31 March
- Amman: From 17 March to 31 March
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: From 09 March until further notice (except special flights from 12-15 March)
- Casablanca: From 16 March - 31 March
- Sialkot andPeshawar (Pakistan): From 15 March to 31 March, flights to/from Sialkot will be re-routed through Lahore, and flights to/from Peshawar will be rerouted through Islamabad. Affected customers will need to make their own way to rerouted airports and will receive an email with their rebooking details.
Rebooking and Refunds:
As detailed in the travel advisory using the Emirates link above
Dedicated Coronavirus Forum On FT
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/coronavirus-travel-773/
Coronavirus - Emirates
Mar 5, 2020, 12:41 am
#76
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: SIN
Programs: EK Blue, EY Guest, AA, QR
Posts: 288
Mar 5, 2020, 2:12 am
#77
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 9,385
https://www.routesonline.com/news/38...te-march-2020/
https://www.routesonline.com/news/29...sbane-flights/
Mar 5, 2020, 7:42 am
#79
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 105
I have tickets on Emirates from JFK to Milan for mid April.
It is amazing that they have not cancelled these flights and did not announce any refunds/change free exemptions, when Delta and American outright cancelled all the flights from the US to Milan until May.
Any idea what their thinking is? Milan and Lombardy are the hardest hit regions outside of China. And they keep flying A380s daily from and into JFK daily.
It is amazing that they have not cancelled these flights and did not announce any refunds/change free exemptions, when Delta and American outright cancelled all the flights from the US to Milan until May.
Any idea what their thinking is? Milan and Lombardy are the hardest hit regions outside of China. And they keep flying A380s daily from and into JFK daily.
Mar 5, 2020, 8:29 am
#80
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Boston, MA
Programs: EK Gold, A3 *G, AB Gold, Jetblue Mosaic
Posts: 1,395
I have tickets on Emirates from JFK to Milan for mid April.
It is amazing that they have not cancelled these flights and did not announce any refunds/change free exemptions, when Delta and American outright cancelled all the flights from the US to Milan until May.
Any idea what their thinking is? Milan and Lombardy are the hardest hit regions outside of China. And they keep flying A380s daily from and into JFK daily.
It is amazing that they have not cancelled these flights and did not announce any refunds/change free exemptions, when Delta and American outright cancelled all the flights from the US to Milan until May.
Any idea what their thinking is? Milan and Lombardy are the hardest hit regions outside of China. And they keep flying A380s daily from and into JFK daily.
Mar 5, 2020, 8:38 am
#81
Ambassador: Emirates Airlines
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 18,801
Mar 5, 2020, 9:03 am
#82
Moderator, Emirates
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Where My Heart Is
Programs: BAEC Silver, FB Platinum, KQ Asante Gold, Shebamiles Blue, Emirates Blue
Posts: 3,393
I have tickets on Emirates from JFK to Milan for mid April.
It is amazing that they have not cancelled these flights and did not announce any refunds/change free exemptions, when Delta and American outright cancelled all the flights from the US to Milan until May.
Any idea what their thinking is? Milan and Lombardy are the hardest hit regions outside of China. And they keep flying A380s daily from and into JFK daily.
It is amazing that they have not cancelled these flights and did not announce any refunds/change free exemptions, when Delta and American outright cancelled all the flights from the US to Milan until May.
Any idea what their thinking is? Milan and Lombardy are the hardest hit regions outside of China. And they keep flying A380s daily from and into JFK daily.
Mar 5, 2020, 9:06 am
#83
Ambassador, Emirates
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: LGW / AMS / CPT
Programs: SA KL BA EK
Posts: 4,357
I have tickets on Emirates from JFK to Milan for mid April.
It is amazing that they have not cancelled these flights and did not announce any refunds/change free exemptions, when Delta and American outright cancelled all the flights from the US to Milan until May.
Any idea what their thinking is? Milan and Lombardy are the hardest hit regions outside of China. And they keep flying A380s daily from and into JFK daily.
It is amazing that they have not cancelled these flights and did not announce any refunds/change free exemptions, when Delta and American outright cancelled all the flights from the US to Milan until May.
Any idea what their thinking is? Milan and Lombardy are the hardest hit regions outside of China. And they keep flying A380s daily from and into JFK daily.
Mar 5, 2020, 2:56 pm
#84
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Land of Oz
Posts: 965
I just checked. In the next HOUR there are 28 flights departing from MXP. Not a single flight departing in that hour has been cancelled.Don’t you think that if there was a major risk flying to / from that airport there would a different picture? Just because YOU have a ticket and presumably would prefer not to travel (which is entirely your right, by the way), you think the airline should now entertain free cancellations for mid April. Does not compute, I’m afraid.
Mar 5, 2020, 3:02 pm
#85
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: EK1 ML5A ;-)
Programs: EK iO
Posts: 699
I have tickets on Emirates from JFK to Milan for mid April.
It is amazing that they have not cancelled these flights and did not announce any refunds/change free exemptions, when Delta and American outright cancelled all the flights from the US to Milan until May.
Any idea what their thinking is? Milan and Lombardy are the hardest hit regions outside of China. And they keep flying A380s daily from and into JFK daily.
It is amazing that they have not cancelled these flights and did not announce any refunds/change free exemptions, when Delta and American outright cancelled all the flights from the US to Milan until May.
Any idea what their thinking is? Milan and Lombardy are the hardest hit regions outside of China. And they keep flying A380s daily from and into JFK daily.
Mar 6, 2020, 4:01 pm
#86
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 2,553
Are there any wide ranging generous cancellation policies yet?
We are due to go to Thailand in four weeks and certainly hope to. But we're in the UK and bans on UK residents are starting to spring up, and they're predicting the worse is still to come,..
My elderly mother is traveling with Emirates from Brazil to meet us in Thailand for her first ever Asia trip. Obviously if we can't go, she'll have to cancel as she wouldn't do the trip alone. But she only has a basic ticket bought via a travel agency in her town.
Guess we don't really have any options if the worst case scenario ends up materialising here.
We are due to go to Thailand in four weeks and certainly hope to. But we're in the UK and bans on UK residents are starting to spring up, and they're predicting the worse is still to come,..
My elderly mother is traveling with Emirates from Brazil to meet us in Thailand for her first ever Asia trip. Obviously if we can't go, she'll have to cancel as she wouldn't do the trip alone. But she only has a basic ticket bought via a travel agency in her town.
Guess we don't really have any options if the worst case scenario ends up materialising here.
Mar 7, 2020, 12:05 am
#87
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 917
Are there any wide ranging generous cancellation policies yet?
We are due to go to Thailand in four weeks and certainly hope to. But we're in the UK and bans on UK residents are starting to spring up, and they're predicting the worse is still to come,..
My elderly mother is traveling with Emirates from Brazil to meet us in Thailand for her first ever Asia trip. Obviously if we can't go, she'll have to cancel as she wouldn't do the trip alone. But she only has a basic ticket bought via a travel agency in her town.
Guess we don't really have any options if the worst case scenario ends up materialising here.
We are due to go to Thailand in four weeks and certainly hope to. But we're in the UK and bans on UK residents are starting to spring up, and they're predicting the worse is still to come,..
My elderly mother is traveling with Emirates from Brazil to meet us in Thailand for her first ever Asia trip. Obviously if we can't go, she'll have to cancel as she wouldn't do the trip alone. But she only has a basic ticket bought via a travel agency in her town.
Guess we don't really have any options if the worst case scenario ends up materialising here.
Mar 7, 2020, 12:17 am
#88
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 2,553
Nope and dont expect any, EK will only comply with what the GCC tell's it to do, so if it says stop flying to China it will. Otherwise it needs the revenue as its being hit just as bad as everyone else. EK recently advised reissue fees will be waived to agents according to Irish Times but I dont believe it translates to cancellations. I don't think the UK is going to advise against Thailand simply for the fact its not as big as a problem as China has. If you dont want to travel well thats where travel insurance comes into play but most dont cover not wishing to travel unless FCO changes its advise.
We'd hope to do a last minute flight change to somewhere else and have a new trip elsewhere that will let us in, but it's a a real pain being at the mercy of two airlines.
Mar 7, 2020, 12:26 am
#89
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: Zurich
Programs: Skywards Silver
Posts: 138
Latest news on waiver policy as of 7 March 2020
https://www.emirates.com/media-centr...peace-of-mind/
https://www.emirates.com/media-centr...peace-of-mind/
Mar 7, 2020, 4:21 am
#90
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: UK
Posts: 121
Thanks Emirates