EK suspends passenger flights to MEL
It’s been about three weeks since Emiratesresumed its suspended service to Australia. However, it looks like the Middle Eastern carrier will be re-suspending its flights to Melbourne for the next month and a half, in cooperation with the Australian government. Here’s what we know about the airline’s sudden move.
Effective tomorrow, Emirates is suspending its flights into Melbourne. Gulf Business reports that this suspension will continue through to March 26th. An airline spokesperson offered the following statement:
”In line with the Australian government directive to suspend all international passenger flights arriving into Melbourne, Emirates is temporarily suspending passenger operations to Melbourne from February 16. Given passenger allocation restrictions on flights to Australia, the suspension will remain in place until March 26, 2021,” -Emirates via Gulf Business
