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Emirates resume direct flights to Bali
The UAE flag carrier marked its first Dubai-Denpasar direct flight since 2020 with a splash last Sunday.
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A Boeing 777-31H bearing Emirates livery takes off on April 6, 2020 from Dubai International Airport in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE). (AFP/Karim Sahib)
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mirates airline has resumed serving direct international flights to Bali after Indonesia eased the COVID-19 travel restrictions it imposed in 2020.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) flag carrier said in a press release on Tuesday that flight EK398, the first Emirates direct flight to Bali since 2020, landed on May 1 at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport after a half-day flight from hub airport Dubai to be greeted with a water cannon salute.
Emirates added it was committed to operating five flights to Bali per week and then stepping up its operations on July 1 with the resumption of daily flights.
The airliner is among the 16 international carriers that have resumed direct flights to Bali since October 2021, when the government reopened Ngurah Rai airport to direct international flights.
The other carriers operating international flights to Bali include Garuda Indonesia, AirAsia, Jetstar Asia Airways, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Singapore Airlines and Qatar Airways.
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"The resumption of the Emirates flight services to Bali is due to the easing of international travel restrictions and increased global operations," the airliner said in its press release.
