- Emirates will restart its flights from Dubai to Johannesburg on Wednesday after sudden cancellations left travellers stranded.
- The airline will operate four weekly flights from Dubai to Johannesburg throughout December but won’t reinstate its Cape Town or Durban routes just yet.
- It also won’t be flying passengers out of South Africa due to the United Arab Emirates’ ongoing travel ban.
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Emirates will resume passenger flights from Dubai to Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport on Wednesday after temporarily suspending its service because of sudden travel restrictions.
South Africa’s discovery of the highly mutated Covid-19 variant, Omicron, has led to a flurry of flight cancellations and international travel bans. Travellers needing to leave, or return to, South Africa have faced uncertainty as airlines respond to swift and far-reaching restrictions imposed by…