Emirates airline says it’s carefully monitoring the state of affairs
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Dubai’s flagship Emirates introduced flight delays and cancellations to and from Mauritius on Monday as a result of Tropical Cyclone Belal.
The airline has introduced that its flight EK 703 from Dubai to Mauritius, scheduled to depart on January 15, has been delayed by 27 hours and can now depart on January 16 at 1:30 PM UAE time and arrive in Mauritius at 8:00 PM native time.
As well as, the EK 704 flight from Mauritius to Dubai scheduled for January 15 can be delayed by 21 hours. The airplane is now scheduled to depart Mauritius on January 16 at 8pm native time and arrive in Dubai at 2.35am UAE time on January 17.
The world’s largest worldwide airline, headquartered in Dubai, canceled the EK 701 flight from Dubai to Mauritius on January 16 and the EK 702 flight from Mauritius to Dubai on January 16.
It stated prospects with onward connections on the canceled Mauritius flight EK701 on January 16 is not going to be accepted for journey at their level of departure.
Tropical Cyclone Belal hit the French island of Reunion on Monday afternoon, UAE time, and is predicted to hit close by Mauritius, which lies virtually 220 kilometers northeast of the island. Mauritius was additionally on excessive alert as a cyclone made its approach by way of the southwestern Indian Ocean. That is anticipated to have an effect on the southern a part of the island late Monday or early Tuesday.
Emirates airline says it’s carefully monitoring the state of affairs and goals to inform prospects as quickly as attainable if there are any additional modifications.
“Affected prospects who booked with journey brokers ought to contact them for various journey preparations. Prospects who booked straight with Emirates can contact their native workplace for rebooking choices,” the corporate stated.
On December 18, 2023, Emirates celebrated the tenth anniversary of its every day A380 service to Mauritius. In 2013, the island was the primary A380 vacation spot in Africa.
Over a decade, Emirates operated almost 12,000 flights to and from the unique island, carrying greater than 5 million passengers on the world’s largest business plane.
High locations and feeder markets for inbound and outbound journey related to Mauritius for Emirates embody factors in France, the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Austria, Italy and nations within the Center East.
Earlier, Air Mauritius additionally introduced the closure of Roland Garros Airport in Saint-Denis de La RĂ©union because of the cyclone and the cancellation of all its flights to and from RĂ©union till additional discover.
