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Emirates suspends all flights to and from Sydney,
Jan 16^th, 2021 at 9:53am

Emirates suspends all flights to and from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane

Emirates has suspended all flights to and from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane until further notice, leaving the travel plans of thousands of Australians stranded overseas up in the air.

The major airline announced the suspension on Friday night was “due to operational reasons”.

An estimated 37,000 Australians are still overseas and seeking assistance to get back into the country.

It’s understood the airline will continue operating twice weekly flights to and from Perth.

The Australian High Commission in the United Kingdom, where Emirates flights to Australia depart with stopovers in Dubai, said on Twitter: “We appreciate the disruption this will cause.”

Emirates was one of the last international airlines flying Down Under after Qantas last year cancelled all international flights until March 2021.

On January 8, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced national cabinet had agreed to slash the number of international arrivals into New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia by half, starting “no later” than Friday, January 15 and lasting until February 15.

https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/health-safety/emirates-suspends-al...

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Re: Emirates suspends all flights to and from Sydney,
Reply #1 - Jan 16^th, 2021 at 1:15pm

Neferti wrote on Jan 16^th, 2021 at 9:53am:

Emirates suspends all flights to and from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane

Emirates has suspended all flights to and from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane until further notice, leaving the travel plans of thousands of Australians stranded overseas up in the air.

The major airline announced the suspension on Friday night was “due to operational reasons”.

An estimated 37,000 Australians are still overseas and seeking assistance to get back into the country.

It’s understood the airline will continue operating twice weekly flights to and from Perth.

The Australian High Commission in the United Kingdom, where Emirates flights to Australia depart with stopovers in Dubai, said on Twitter: “We appreciate the disruption this will cause.”

Emirates was one of the last international airlines flying Down Under after Qantas last year cancelled all international flights until March 2021.

On January 8, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced national cabinet had agreed to slash the number of international arrivals into New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia by half, starting “no later” than Friday, January 15 and lasting until February 15.

https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/health-safety/emirates-suspends-al...

Unless I missed reading it... what reason to suspend flights between those capital cities?
For instance, the Jetstar flight I was on this morning was full.
Everyone wore a mask, so it’s all good there.

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Re: Emirates suspends all flights to and from Sydney,
Reply #2 - Jan 22^nd, 2021 at 8:56am

Just saw on Gold Coast news... Emirates are reinstating flights to and from Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne from next week.
But of a knee jerk reaction from Emirates last week I thought.
I also saw on news that Brisbane is a green zone from 6 pm tonight (Qld time) which is 7 pm Sydney/Melbourne dls time.

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