DUBAI: UAE airline FlyDubai has repatriated 2,800 people to their home countries in a series of 23 flights over the three weeks between March 19 and April 8, state news agency WAM reported.
The airline has said it plans to operate a further 10 repatriation flights over the next week.
The flights saw people taken to Afghanistan, Croatia, Egypt, Iran, Russia, Sudan, Somaliland and Thailand –UAE nationals were allowed to join the return flights free of charge.
The airline also transported essential goods in both directions, including medical supplies across its network.
“We choose to remain focused on how we can contribute to easing the strain, enabling the movement of essential goods to where they are needed and bringing people back home where possible. We remain committed to supporting requests from governments to operate repatriation flights for their citizens,” said Hamad Obaidalla, chief commercial officer of FlyDubai.
“We look forward to resuming our operations when the time is right and we are working closely with the authorities,” he added.
The airline also confirmed that it continued to thoroughly clean and disinfect its aircraft.
