COVID-19: Saudi Arabia suspends flights to and from 14 countries
Saudi Arabia has closed its borders to 14 countries including the UAE for flights both to and from the kingdom to regulate the pass on of coronavirus.
Flights to and from Saudi Arabia for "all airline carriers" operating from the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria, South Korea, Egypt, Italy, Iraq, Oman, France, Germany, Turkey and Spain have been suspended from March 9 until in least March 11, the authorities announced.
Following a statement from the overall Authority of Civil Aviation Saudi Arabia, every flights from the UAE to Damman, Jeddah, Medina and Riyadh happen to be cancelled.
Airlines are actually endlessly updating trip schedules and amending booking conditions. Emirates buyers who were due to travel to or from Saudi Arabia can rebook flights on an alternative date or apply for a refund.
The airline reminded its passengers travelling from any other country, but with your final destination of Saudi Arabia, that they can not be accepted for boarding at their point of origin until further notice.
Beyond the air travel suspension, the kingdom has announced that it has suspended all happen to be these 9 countries for all Saudi citizens and residents also.
Etihad Airways is also working with impacted travellers to re-book or refund tickets to Saudi Arabia. During choosing of suspension, four Etihad flights had been previously en-route to different metropolitan areas in Saudi Arabia. Nationals of Saudi Arabia were permitted to disembark at Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam, but all the passengers remained on the aircraft to come back to Abu Dhabi.
The fourth flight operational during the suspension was announced operated to Medina to repatriate Umrah passengers from Saudi to the UAE.
The flag carrier Saudia is also set to refund or rebook tickets for damaged travellers. The airline possesses waived all change service fees on overseas flights to and from Saudi Arabia on tickets issued on or before March 31 for travelling by April 15.
