UAE airlines Emirates and Etihad have resumed passenger flights to London Heathrow from June 8 but only for British and Irish nationals as well as passengers with residence rights for the UK.
“All passengers will be required to quarantine for 10 full days in a managed quarantine hotel, take a Covid-19 PCR test on or before day 2 and on or after day 8 of quarantining, and follow the national restrictions,” Etihad confirmed on its website.
Emirates also confirmed that it will now be accepting eligible travellers to the UK.
"Emirates will be accepting eligible travellers... flights to London Heathrow from June 8, and to Birmingham starting from June 15, 2021," the airline said in an update on its website.
With Spain welcoming fully vaccinated international visitors starting from June 9, Emirates has stated that UAE travellers are now able to plan their summer getaways and choose from over 30 cities in 19 countries across the Emirates network that have opened their doors for tourism and business. From July, Emirates will operate over 280 weekly flights from Dubai to cities in Europe, the US, Middle East, Africa.
Spain is the latest European country to welcome back tourists. From 7 June, tourists will be able to enter Spain if they have been fully vaccinated at least 14 days before date of travel, or can present their Covid-19 PCR tests taken 48 hours prior to arrival. Travellers will need to physically provide their vaccination certificates upon arrival, and must have received vaccines authorised by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), or one of the vaccines included in the WHO's Emergency Use Listing, including the Pfizer BioNTech, Sinopharm and Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines. Unvaccinated children under the age of six will be allowed entry together with their vaccinated parents. Children over the age of six must present a negative PCR test. International passengers must also complete the Health Control Form (FCS) online prior to arrival.
Emirates is currently offering five weekly flights to Madrid and four flights a week to Barcelona with additional flights being planned in line with increasing demand.