The UAE has announced that the next phase includes operating 80 scheduled flights in a single day with the capacity to carry more than 27,000 passengers, as part of a flexible operational plan to manage air traffic during the exceptional circumstances.
Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and Tourism and Chairman of the General Civil Aviation Authority, explained during the UAE government's media briefing on aviation sector developments that the first phase of operations to return affected travelers began on 2 March, with 60 flights carrying 17,498 passengers through the country's airports, according to a post on the General Civil Aviation Authority account on X.
He noted that the competent authorities have opened dedicated emergency air corridors in coordination with neighboring countries, explaining that the current operational capacity through these corridors is 48 flights an hour, with the possibility of increasing it according to approved safety assessments.
