By Almot Maqolo.
HARARE – (News of The South) – Emirates will suspend its daily flights from Lusaka and Harare to Dubai effective this coming Friday due to coronavirus.
The suspension of flights is valid for 90 days.
“As such flights Harare-Lusaka-Dubai (EK714) 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 EK713/14 19th March 2020,” Emirates stated.
Its daily flights from Lusaka and Harare to Dubai connect to 159 destinations in 85 countries/territories.
Since 2012, Emirates has been inspiring travel and facilitating trade between Zambia and Zimbabwe and the world.
Exports carried out of Lusaka and Harare include fresh flowers, fruit, vegetables and copper mining industry by-products.
Exports from Harare to Dubai went up significantly, with more than 2 000 tonnes of cargo having been moved between the two cities in the past year through the Emirates Airlines’ Sky Cargo.
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