Emirates Cancels Flights Into Zambia And Zimbabwe As Zambia Confirms First Two Cases
18 March 2020
Emirates Airlines has suspended flights to and from Harare and Lusaka for 60 days.
An advisory release said:
Trade Update – Flight
Cancellation EK713 & EK714
Dear Travel Trade
We wish to advise the travel trade that due to the current challenging global conditions ,Emirates Airline is compelled to suspend flights EK 713/714 (LUN/HRE) for the period 20 March to 20 May 2020.
As such flightsEKZ14) and Dubai -Lusaka- Harare ( EK713) will be cancelled effective 20th March 2020 up to 20 May 2020. Our last flights to and from Harare will be EK713/4 19th March 2020.
Zambia announced its first two cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday while Zimbabwe is still yet to confirm any.