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Flydubai opens booking for Pakistan. As the UAE government eased restrictions on travel movements and announced reopening of its airports, flydubai has launched repatriation flights to selected destinations including multiple cities of India & Pakistan with an immediate effect, said Khaleej Times. The Dubai-based low-cost carrier on Friday said it will start special repatriation flights to multiple cities in 11 countries to facilitate their citizens and stranded passengers in the UAE. The UAE residents and stranded citizens of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Bulgaria, Finland, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Serbia & Ukraine can book their seats on special repatriation flights on flydubai website from today. In light of flight restrictions put in place by countries across the flydubai network, we are working around-the-clock to help you travel back home safely, flydubai said. Citizens of these countries, as well as family members of citizens of these countries, may be entitle

No more quarantine for inbound passengers at Pakistan airports .. Passengers to be advised for self-isolation at their home after COVID-19 tests at the airport.  Dubai: Pakistan has waived the mandatory quarantine condition for passengers arriving at the airports on special inbound flights from UAE and other countries. Stranded Pakistanis who are being flown back to the country on special flights will be allowed to go home after they undergo COVID-19 tests at the airports. They will be sent home immediately after the tests are taken without waiting for their tests results. They will be advised to home quarantine for 02 weeks instead of keeping them in the dedicated quarantine facilities in Pakistan. The new decision will help expedite the process of repatriation of Pakistanis stranded abroad especially in the UAE which has the highest number of 57,000 Pakistanis waiting to go home. Dr Moeed Yusuf, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Security Division & Strategic Poli

Google takes down Indian app that removed Chinese ones NEW DELHI: Google has taken down an Indian mobile application from its app store that allowed users to remove other Chinese apps from their phones as it violated certain company policies, a spokesman said on Wednesday. The app, called Remove China Apps, had become the top trending free app on Google's mobile app store in India with more than 5 million downloads since late May. Its popularity rose amid calls for a boycott of Chinese mobile apps in India during a Himalayan border dispute between the two nations. A Google spokesman confirmed to Reuters the app had been removed due to violation of app store policies, but gave no further details. A person familiar with the matter said that the software violated Google's policies prohibiting apps that mislead users into removing or disabling third-party apps or modifying device settings or features. Remove China Apps scanned users' phones for apps such as ByteDance's TikT

No need for a movement permit if you’re flying out of  the Abu Dhabi. Ticket & passport all that’s required, but Etihad remind passengers to leave early... Abu Dhabi: Passengers taking flights from Abu Dhabi or Dubai airports are permitted to travel to their designated airports from either places despite current movement restrictions, Abu Dhabi Police said on Wednesday. Such travellers who wish to depart from the country, only need to carry their air tickets and passports along with them, which they can show at the check points of Abu Dhabi and head towards the airports in Abu Dhabi or other emirates. From June 2nd, Abu Dhabi imposed a week’s travel ban between cities of the emirate but excepted those in need to visit hospitals or departing the country. Air tickets and passports: Those who are heading towards Abu Dhabi International Airport don’t need to apply for the prior permits of movement from Abu Dhabi Police, he said. While others need to obtain prior permit from Abu Dhabi

COVID-19 : Malls & private sector businesses in Dubai back to 100% capacity Dubai : Shopping malls and private sector businesses in Dubai will be back to operating at 100 % capacity from Wednesday June 3rd it was confirmed on Tuesday under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai. A statement from Dubai Media Office stated that under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President & Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management in Dubai, headed by His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, shopping malls & the private sector can operate at 100 % capacity starting Wednesday, 3 June 2020. Working hours for companies and operating hours of malls should fall within the timings permitted for public movement, which are currently between 6 AM and 11 PM. According to the Committee,

"Covid-19" UAE records 635 new cases after 30,000 more tests Another 635 cases of the coronavirus were detected across the UAE on Monday after 30,147 tests were carried out. The infections brought the country’s total to 35,192. Authorities also announced 406 new recoveries, meaning 18,338 people in have beaten the virus. Two patients succumbed to Covid-19, as a result of complications, which raised the UAE’s death toll to 266. The country now has 16,588 live cases, authorities said. More than 2 million peoples have been tested for the virus across the country since the first cases of Covid_19 were reported in the United  Arab Emirates in late January. On Monday, Dr Amna Al Dhahak, the health spokeswoman for the UAE GOVT said 650,000+ tests were carried out across the country in the past two weeks. The tests were part of an early-detection strategy to quickly isolate and treat confirmed cases before more people can be infected. Dr Al Dhahak said that the UAE had entered an imp