Coronavirus: UAE will allow travel to some destinations from June 23

Emiratis and residents will be able to fly out of the country under conditions yet to be announced

Nearly 400,000 Indians have left the UAE for India since repatriation flights started in May. AFP

An immigration official checks documents of passenger at Dubai Airport. Wam

Passengers at Dubai International Airport wait for their flight to Calicut in Kerala. Courtesy: Indian Consulate

An Indian woman carries a child as she waits at the Dubai International Airport before leaving the country on a flight home on May 7. Karim Sahib / AFP

Health workers check passengers who arrived on an Emirates Airlines flight from London at Dubai International Airport amid the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. AFP

Health workers check passengers who arrived on an Emirates Airlines flight from London at Dubai International Airport amid the coronavirus pandemic. AFP

Passengers of an Emirates airlines flight, departing to the Australian city of Sydney, wear protective gear at Dubai International Airport on May 22. Karim Sahib / AFP

Passengers of an Emirates airlines flight line up to be checked by health workers at the Dubai International Airport. Karim Sahib / AFP

Travellers walk through Dubai International Airport to board a repatriation flight. Karim Sahib / AFP

A passenger of an Emirates airlines flight checks in at Dubai International Airport. Karim Sahib / AFP

The UAE Government said on Monday that Emiratis and residents will be allowed to travel abroad from June 23.

People will be able to fly to some destinations under conditions and procedures which are yet to be announced, it said in a tweet. Details will be announced later.

The UAE closed its borders to commercial flights on March 24. Since then, special repatriation flights have taken off from Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and now outgoing passenger flights are available to book.

As it stands, all travellers need permission to return to the UAE from the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship before they can book a flight home.

At this point, all travellers arriving in the UAE must undergo a 14-day quarantine.

Travel agents expect a full return to international travel by August and September.

Deals will take the form of full travel packages including air fares, accommodation and tours, with intra-Middle East options expected to be most popular.