NCEMA says on Twitter that passengers travelling from countries where flights had been suspended would be able to transit through its airports from Thursday as long as they present negative PCR tests taken 72 hours prior to departure
In its latest advisory, in line with UAE government directives, Emirates will be suspending the carriage of passengers from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka to Dubai until July 28
The airline is currently in talks with the US planemaker over its fleet planes, a review brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, which has devastated the travel industry for over a year.
Emirates, the world's biggest long-haul airline before the pandemic, has recently expressed frustration with Boeing over the 777X programme, which is three years behind schedule.
Emirates said last week passenger flights to and from Nigeria had been suspended until further notice in line with government directives, but did not give details.