UAE nationals and residents who are vaccinated are now required to undergo five days of quarantining on arrival in the emirate, which is a decrease from previous 10 days. This is expected to stimulate demand on routes that were previously shunned by passengers.
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi should benefit from the news as it operates flights to Athens, Alexandria and Tel Aviv, with Israel on the Abu Dhabi’s ‘green list’, where passengers are not required to quarantine.
Latest initiative has “immediately turned up in our figures - we see pent up demand for Athens being a typical leisure destination,” said Kees Van Schaick, Managing Director of Wizz Air Abu Dhabi. “We certainly think that the more countries are added to the green list of Abu Dhabi, the more that will benefit all the airlines, especially us.”