Etihad to begin flights to three Indian cities this week

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Etihad plans to resume flights to Ahmedabad in India from September 1. Pictures courtesy Unsplash unless otherwise specified.

Flights to India's Bengaluru are set to resume on September 1.

Etihad is flying special services to Chennai throughout August, but will restart its regular service to the Indian city on September 1.

Colombo, Sri Lanka. Courtesy Shangri-La Hotels

Etihad is operating special flights to India's Hyderabad in August and will resume regular flights on September 1. 

Islamabad, Pakistan. Passengers travelling from Pakistan must follow new travel regulations including downloading the UAE Al Hosn app before flying. 

Karachi, Pakistan. Magnitt releases Pakistan start-up funding report, as the data platform expands beyond Mena. 

Special flights are operating to India's Kochi in August, with regular flights from September 1.

Flights to Kolkata, India are set to resume on September 1.

Etihad will fly to Kozhikode, India from September 1. 

Lahore, Pakistan. Courtesy pxfuel

The Maldives are open to travellers. 

Special flights are operating to Mumbai, India in August with regular flights set to start on September 1. 

Special flights are operating to New Delhi throughout August with regular flights to the Indian city scheduled to resume September 1.   

Flights to India's Thiruvananthapuram are scheduled from September 1. 

ASIA AND AUSTRALASIA: Flights to Baku in Azerbaijan resume September 1. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Bangkok, Thailand. 

Jakarta, Indonesia. 

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Manila, the Philippines. 

Melbourne (outbound flights only until August 31), Australia.   

Seoul, South Korea. 

Shanghai, China is the latest destination that Etihad is flying to with flights resuming on August 24. 

Singapore. 

Sydney, Australia.

Tokyo, Japan. 

EUROPE: Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Athens, Greece. 

Barcelona, Spain. 

Belgrade, Serbia. 

Brussels, Belgium. 

Travel is open, but a two-week quarantine period is in place in Ireland.

Dusseldorf, Germany. Courtesy Kat Pilger / Wikimedia Commons

Frankfurt, Germany. 

Geneva, Switzerland. 

Etihad will fly to Istanbul, Turkey from September 1. 

Travellers flying to London must quarantine for two weeks.

Madrid, Spain. Wikimedia Commons

Manchester, UK. 

Milan, Italy. 

Minsk, Belarus. 

Etihad will resume flights to Moscow in Russia from September 1.

Munich, Germany. 

Paris, France. 

Rome, Italy. 

Zurich, Switzerland.

MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA: Amman, Jordan. Flights are scheduled to resume on September 1.

Manama, Bahrain.

Beirut, Lebanon. 

Foreigners need a Covid-19 test to travel to most places in Egypt. 

Emirates will resume flights to Casablanca in Morocco from September 18.  

Etihad plans to fly to Damman, Saudi Arabia from September 1 pending government approval. 

Etihad will fly to Saudi Arabia's Jeddah from September 1, pending approval. 

Kuwait City, Kuwait. 

Flights to neighbouring Muscat in Oman are scheduled to resume on September 1. 

The airline will fly to Rabat, Morocco from September 10. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Etihad plans to resume flights to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on September 1.

The Seychelles is open to travellers from select countries.

NORTH AMERICA: Chicago, USA.

New York, USA. 

Toronto, Canada. 

Washington DC, USA. 

Etihad will operate special passenger flights from Abu Dhabi to three Indian cities from Friday.

Flights to Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai must be booked through Hala Travel Management, Etihad’s travel management arm, at least 24 hours in advance.

Travellers leaving Abu Dhabi to India are required to present a negative Covid-19 PCR test result from a government-accredited medical facility. The result must be received within 96 hours of departure.

A negative result will exempt the traveller from mandatory quarantine on arrival in India.

Children under the age of 12 and people with disabilities are exempt from being tested but rules may differ from state to state and travellers are advised to check before flying.

Travellers need to follow the Air Suvidha guidelines and fill in the Arrival Self-Declaration Form which is available online, or from the Hala travel consultants.

Only permanent residents of the following Indian states are permitted to travel to the following cities:

• Bengaluru: State of Karnataka

• Delhi: States of Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan

• Mumbai: State of Maharashtra

Flights can be booked with Hala Travel Management by calling [phone], or e-mailing [e-mail]