RIYADH: Emirates added extra flights betwen Saudi Arabia and the UAE on Sunday after the Kingdom suspended air travel to its neighbor.
It doubled flights to Riyadh and Jeddah and added a Dammam service that it does not usually operate on a Sunday.
The Dubai carrier said it would operate extra flights to and from Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam today “to support those affected get back to KSA and enable UAE nationals and residents currently in the Kingdom to safely return to the UAE.”
The Kingdom on Saturday announced the suspension flights to the UAE, Ethiopia, and Vietnam in the latest COVID-19 travel disruption to hit the regional travel sector.
The move is a blow to Saudi holidaymakers planning a trip to the UAE and another setback for the battered tourism economy of the Emirates.
Emirates lays on extra Saudi flights on Sunday following suspension
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Emirates lays on extra Saudi flights on Sunday following suspension
- The Kingdom on Saturday announced the suspension of flights to the UAE
India seals $3bn LNG agreement with UAE
- Leaders hold talks to strengthen trade, defense ties
NEW DELHI, DUBAI: India signed a $3 billion deal on Monday to buy liquefied natural gas from the UAE, making it the Gulf country’s top customer, as the leaders of both countries held talks to strengthen trade and defense ties.
The agreement was signed during a very brief two-hour visit to India by UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan for talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
They pledged to double bilateral trade to $200 billion in six years and form a strategic defense partnership.
Abu Dhabi state firm ADNOC Gas will supply 0.5 million tonnes of LNG a year to India’s Hindustan Petroleum Corp. for 10 years, the companies said.
ADNOC Gas said the agreement brings the total value of its contracts with India to over $20 billion.
“India is now the UAE’s largest customer and a very important part of ADNOC Gas’ LNG strategy,” the company said.
The UAE is India’s third largest trading partner and Sheikh Mohammed was accompanied by a government delegation that included his defense and foreign ministers. The two sides signed a letter of intent to work toward forming a strategic defense partnership, India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri told reporters.
Misri, however, said that the signing of the letter of intent with the UAE does not mean that India will get involved in regional conflicts.
“Our involvement on the defense and security front with a country from the region does not necessarily lead to the conclusion that we will get involved in particular ways in the conflicts of the region,” he said.
