Exemption granted by UAE to Indian cargo and charter aircraft

Restrictions on flights to 13 other countries remain in place

Dubai: The UAE has lifted restrictions on flights to 13 other countries, including India. However, India's cargo airlines, business and charter airlines will be exempted from the ban.

The country's civil aviation authority said on Sunday that it would fly to India, Pakistan, Liberia, Namibia, Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Zambia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Nigeria and South Africa. The UAE has banned all flights to India since April 24. However UAE citizens and political leaders were exempted from the ban.

Dubai will reopen its borders to foreign arrivals from July. Restrictions on flights to Dubai from India, South Africa and Nigeria have been eased since June 23. According to the new protocol, UAE nationals from India and South Africa will be allowed entry only if the person has been vaccinated against corona before traveling to the UAE.