Dubai Airports To Ramp Up DXB Flights As UAE Airspace Reopens

Following the lifting of all precautionary restrictions on UAE airspace, Dubai International Airport has entered the next phase of recovery. Dubai Airports announced early Monday that it plans to ramp up daily flight movements and enable airlines to progressively restore their schedules. Capacity at the hub is now largely tied to the availability of regional flight paths outside the UAE — a situation in aviation, where an airport’s operations depend not only on its own infrastructure but also on neighbouring countries’ airspace. Flights to and from the UAE have continued operating through safe air corridors since March 1. Authorities are continuing to coordinate closely to optimise traffic flows across the wider region, Dubai Airports – the operator of DXB and Dubai World Central (DWC) explained. The ramp-up has been supported by coordination across the ‘oneDXB’ network, including airlines such as Emirates and flydubai, as well as service partners and air traffic control. This helped keep passengers and cargo moving during the disruption, while allowing flights to increase quickly as conditions improved, it said. Unprecedented times Dubai Airports, which unveiled its first-quarter passenger traffic numbers on May 4, said it supported the movement of six million passengers, over 32,000 aircraft movements, and 213,000 tonnes […]