Etihad Airways suspends flights to Saudi Arabia amid COVID-19 scare

Etihad Airways suspends flights to Saudi Arabia amid COVID-19 scare

Abu Dhabi [UAE], Mar 9 (ANI): Etihad Airways on Monday declared that it has incidentally suspended its all flight benefits between Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia. 

The move comes in light of an order from the General Authority for Civil Aviation of the Kingdom to help forestall the spread of the Covid-19 infection. 

The aircraft, in an announcement, said that it has dropped an aggregate of seven flights today between Abu Dhabi and the Saudi urban communities of Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and Medina, and is currently exhorting travelers who were reserved to travel today. 

At the point when flights showed up in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam, Saudi nationals were allowed to land however all different travelers stayed on the airplane, which will come back to Abu Dhabi. The fourth flight worked to Medina to repatriate Umrah travelers, the announcement read. 

"Etihad Airways is working intimately with administrative experts in the UAE and Saudi Arabia and is proceeding to screen this circumstance intently," it said. 

For travelers affected by the flight abrogations, strategies are set up for charge discounts or for flight changes when administrations continue. Etihad will keep on giving reports on the circumstance as data opens up, the announcement said. 

Prior today, Riyadh announced a sum of 11 affirmed instances of viral disease. A large portion of them were the individuals coming back from a strict journey to Iran. 

The Kingdom has additionally cordoned off an area in the nation's Eastern territory in an offer to contain the coronavirus' spread. 

UAE's Ministry of Health and Prevention, a week ago, affirmed an aggregate of 15 coronavirus cases. 

The coronavirus rose in Wuhan, China, last December and has now spread to in excess of 100 nations over the globe. The worldwide loss of life is approaching 3,800, with in excess of 103,000 affirmed cases.