2024-04-19 19:16:03
Dubai: Anwar Dawood
Dubai Airport continued to work to end pent-up travel demand and ease pressure on airport facilities on Friday, while Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports, said he expects that services return to normal within 24 hours.
“We hope that there will be a very significant improvement over the next 24 hours towards a timetable that we can describe as very close to normal,” Griffiths said in an interview.
In response to a question about the expected financial impact of the disruption resulting from this week’s unprecedented depression, the CEO said, “We have never witnessed anything like this before,” and added, “We “We have emergency budgets to provide food and water to stranded travelers,” noting that all outlets are now operating normally.
Griffiths added that the airport is working closely with airlines to end the backlog and improve passenger processing rates. However, he noted that restrictions remain in place, including on the flow of arriving passengers, and said: “Every facility at the airport is already operating at full capacity.”
- Arrival flights
Dubai Airports has announced a reduction in the number of flights arriving at Dubai Airport from now on, for a period of 48 hours. She said work teams were doing their best to provide full support to passengers at Dubai Airport affected by flight delays due to the unprecedented weather conditions witnessed in the UAE this week.
She added: “Due to operational challenges, Dubai International Airport announces that it will temporarily limit the number of incoming flights, starting at noon yesterday, April 19, for a period of 48 hours. Departure flights will continue to operate as usual.
- Fly Emirates
For its part, Emirates Airlines decided yesterday to temporarily suspend travel for all customers in its network who are traveling on connecting flights via Dubai, to support the resumption of operations after the recent weather conditions, and as part of the structuring operations to cope with the delay that the number of passengers has accumulated, due to bad weather.
Emirates Airlines said: “Procedures for passengers and transit passengers already in Dubai will continue. She added: “Customers traveling to Dubai as their final destination can complete their arrival procedures and travel as usual. »
Emirates Airlines has urged customers to check the latest updates on flight schedules via the website, as customers can expect delays on departure and arrival.
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