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Emirates Airline has announced it will increase its passenger services to Nairobi to daily starting August 17.

The expanded schedule will offer enhanced connectivity for Kenyan customers to Emirates’ growing destination network via Dubai.

Emirates will operate its modern Boeing 777-300ER’s between Nairobi and Dubai on flights departing Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

In a statement on Thursday, Emirates said customers can stop over or travel to Dubai as the city has re-opened for international business and leisure visitors. Read More

The Kenya Association of Travel Agents (KATA) in partnership with Dubai Tourism hosted an interactive session with travel agents on 6^th August 2020 with discussions around the Products and services available in Dubai for travel agents, updates on post-covid-19 measures, entry requirements, safety stamp, assured properties and procedures & Insights on growing your business to Dubai efficiently with DTCM tools.

Stella Ibiene Obinwa, Dubai Tourism, Director International Operations said that they were leveraging on the partnership with KATA to ensure that more Kenyans visit Dubai. Read More

Emirates airline will be resuming passenger services from Nairobi effective 02nd August 2020.
The airline will be operating three times a week being on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Emirates’ local departure from Dubai will be 1015hrs while the local departure from Nairobi will be 1635hrs.

At the same time, in an official communication Emirates stated that the health and safety protocols and measures need to be upheld. Passengers will be subjected to local entry requirements of the individual countries. Check-in at JKIA at Terminal 1B will be 4hrs before departure as per government travel protocols and will close 90 minutes before departure. Read More

Qatar on Wednesday relaxed restrictions aimed at controlling the novel coronavirus, allowing citizens and permanent residency holders to travel outside the country and return at any time, and residents outside the country to return starting Aug. 1.

The government communications office (GCO) said arrivals from low-risk countries are required to take a coronavirus test at the airport and sign a formal pledge to adhere to quarantine at home for a week, state news agency (QNA) reported on its twitter account, citing a statement from GCO. Read More