Given that the DC area is predicted to hit CoVid peak around the end of April, would be surprised that the IAD-DXB flight ops would resume May 1st.

Whereas a few days ago, I was able to book Syd-DXB on the 31st of May (and I booked), now when I search again, there are no flights on that route until 31st of June. They still seem to be reshuffling. My ticket was not cancelled as of yet though.

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/undefinedhttps://www.flyertalk.com/forum/undefinedhttps://www.flyertalk.com/forum/undefinedhttps://www.flyertalk.com/forum/undefined31st of June?

Yes, 31st of June.

Does not exist :D

From LHR Emirtaes is now moving to T2 for now. I did pick up my friend earlier in the week from T3 and it was a ghost town!

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...9b56dc4ade.jpg

ah haha. Ok 30th of June :). So my flight was cancelled officially, no Sydney Dubai flights until end June.

I thought the Australian government repeatedly declared their intention NOT to allow international passenger flights til December?

Really? Source?

There is none at the moment. But I heard the same from my Australian client (bye bye travel, welcome to the MS Teams world :(). Initially (Q3??) they might only allow APEC card/Business eVisitor holders to enter, but I guess there will be no flights as you cannot operate them profitably only with a handful of passengers eligible to enter the country.

Interesting, thanks! I went and searched a bit and there are quite a few references to Australia keeping international travel banned for a very long time to come (and maybe relaxing NZL travel first). I guess it's all a matter of weighing up the alternatives: how big is the probability of a significant number of new 'imported' cases (relative to the spread through 'local' infections), vs the damage this isolating the country does to the economy. These are two different metrics, so not an easy task to compare them.

Are there any other reports of very long 'international lockdowns" being contemplated?

Apparently North Korea is on lockdown ;)

follow north korea you will know when the pandemic is end

https://onemileatatime.com/emirates-resume-flights/

Emirates pushes back relaunch to July 1, 2020

Up until recently, Emirates was supposed to resume some flights by mid-May 2020, but that has now been pushed back.

Emirates has now updated their schedule to reflect a July 1, 2020, relaunch date for regular operations

Guys, how true is this?


Cheers

Latest update published - unless I missed something - is from 15 April 2020:

https://www.routesonline.com/news/38...15gmt-15apr20/