{"id":30791,"date":"2020-08-26T11:52:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T07:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=30791"},"modified":"2020-08-26T11:52:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T07:52:26","slug":"emirates-adds-conakry-and-dakar-to-its-growing-african-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/emirates-adds-conakry-and-dakar-to-its-growing-african-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Emirates Adds Conakry And Dakar To Its Growing African Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emirates has announced it will resume passenger services to Conakry, Guinea and Dakar, Senegal from 3 September, taking the total number of cities served by Emirates in Africa to eight. Flights from Dubai to Conakry and Dakar will be linked services, operating twice weekly, utilising an Emirates Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.<strong>*<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The addition of linked services between Conakry and Dakar will boost Emirates\u2019 growing network to 77 cities,\u00a0providing travellers enhanced global connectivity, particularly to and from destinations in the Middle East, West Asia, Europe, the Americas and the Far East, with one convenient stop in Dubai.\u00a0More information on Emirates\u2019 current routes and services can be found on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.emirates.com\/wherewefly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.emirates.com\/wherewefly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Customers can book flights on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/protect-eu.mimecast.com\/s\/jtUGCXLz6IXLXAERuDWpHR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">emirates.com<\/a>\u00a0or via travel agents.<\/p>\n<p>Customers can stop over or\u00a0travel to Dubai as the city has\u00a0re-opened for international business and leisure visitors. COVID-19 PCR tests are mandatory for all inbound and transit passengers arriving to Dubai (and the UAE),\u00a0including UAE citizens, residents and tourists,\u00a0irrespective of the country they are coming from.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Destination Dubai:<\/strong>\u00a0From sun-soaked beaches and heritage activities to world class hospitality and leisure facilities, Dubai is one of the most popular global destinations. In 2019, the city welcomed\u00a016.7\u00a0million visitors\u00a0and hosted over hundreds of global meetings and exhibitions, as well as sports and entertainment events.\u00a0Dubai was one of the world&#8217;s first cities to obtain\u00a0Safe\u202fTravels stamp\u00a0from\u00a0the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) \u2013\u00a0which\u00a0endorses\u202fDubai&#8217;s comprehensive and effective measures to ensure guest health and\u202fsafety.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free, global cover for COVID-19 related costs:<\/strong>\u00a0Customers can now travel with confidence, as Emirates has committed to cover COVID-19 related medical expenses, free of cost, should they be diagnosed with COVID-19 during their travel while they are away from home. This cover is immediately effective for customers flying on Emirates until 31 October 2020 (first flight to be completed on or before 31 October 2020), and is valid for 31 days from the moment they fly the first sector of their journey. This means Emirates customers can continue to benefit from the added assurance of this cover, even if they travel onwards to another city after arriving at their Emirates destination. For more details:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/protect-eu.mimecast.com\/s\/F8tTCYWA6iLyLYVqhVZuH4?domain=email.media.emirates.email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.emirates.com\/COVID19assistance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Health and safety:<\/strong>\u00a0Emirates has implemented a comprehensive set of measures at every step of the customer journey to ensure the safety of its customers and employees on the ground and in the air, including the distribution of complimentary hygiene kits containing masks, gloves, hand sanitiser and antibacterial wipes to all customers. For more information on these measures and the services available on each flight, visit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/protect-eu.mimecast.com\/s\/rjfvCZYB4F5W5vKLCxLwex?domain=email.media.emirates.email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.emirates.com\/yoursafety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tourist entry requirements:<\/strong>\u00a0For more information on entry requirements for international visitors to Dubai visit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/protect-eu.mimecast.com\/s\/NvGCC1WljiMQMgJoC1MdqI?domain=email.media.emirates.email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.emirates.com\/flytoDubai<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dubai residents<\/strong>\u00a0can check the latest travel requirements at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/protect-eu.mimecast.com\/s\/GTkQC2xmRcpDpr5XiXkVdm?domain=email.media.emirates.email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.emirates.com\/returntoDubai<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>*Subject to government approvals.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emirates has announced it will resume passenger services to Conakry, Guinea and Dakar, Senegal from 3 September, taking the total number of cities served by Emirates in Africa to eight. Flights from Dubai to Conakry and Dakar will be linked services, operating twice weekly, utilising an Emirates Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.* The addition of linked services [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30791"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30793,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30791\/revisions\/30793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}