Emirates update on flight delays and cancellations

Operations at Dubai International Airport resumed on Wednesday at 1830 local time following the crash landing of a Boeing 777 passenger aircraft belonging to the airline at the Middle East hub.
More information on Emirates flights will be available on the Emirates website and social media channels.
All 282 passengers and 18 crew on board Flight EK521 are “accounted for and safe”, said Emirates adding: “We can confirm that there are no fatalities among our passengers and crew.”
Flight EK521 was travelling from Trivandrum International Airport in Thiruvananthapuram, India, to Dubai.
The Dubai-based airline continued: "We are doing everything we can to help passengers re-book flights. Emirates commercial passengers and Skywards members who had purchased tickets on  or before 3rd August 2016 will have rebooking; re-issue; and cancellation charges waived."
Dubai Airports said: "Dubai International resumed operations at 1830 hours UAE local time yesterday (Wednesday) under restricted capacity and has since continued to operate with one runway, while maximising the use of the runway at Dubai World Central.
"Operational teams across the terminals at DXB and DWC are doing their best to assist arriving and departing passengers.
"Due to reduced capacity we are having to prioritise arriving and departing flights to make the best use of available runway to clear the backlog."
For more information, visit www.emirates.com or contact the local Emirates sales offices. Numbers can be found here: https://www.emirates.com/english/help/contact-emirates/
The following flights out of Dubai on August 3 are cancelled:
EK572/573: Dubai-Kolkata-Dubai DXB/CCU/DXB
EK2809/2810: Dubai-Medina-Dubai  DXB/MED/DXB
EK843/844: Dubai-Doha-Dubai DXB/DOH/DXB
EK083/084: Dubai-Geneva-Dubai DXB/GVA/DXB
EK979/980: Dubai-Tehran-Dubai DXB-IKA/DXB
EK864/865: Dubai-Muscat-Dubai DXB/MCT/DXB
EK849/850: Dubai-Doha-Dubai DXB/DOH/DXB
EK630/631: Dubai-Multan-Dubai DXB/MUX/DXB
EK881/882: Dubai-Doha-Dubai DXB/DOH/DXB
EK839/840: Dubai-Bahrain-Dubai DXB/BAH/DXB
EK825/826: Dubai-Dammam-Dubai DXB/DMM/DXB
EK947/948: Dubai-Basra-Dubai DXB/BSR/DXB
EK977/978: Dubai-Tehran-Dubai DXB/IKA/DXB
EK602/603: Dubai-Karachi-Dubai DXB/KHI/DXB
EK875/876: Dubai-Kuwait-Dubai DXB/KWI/DXB
EK903/904: Dubai-Amman-Dubai DXB/AMM/DXB
EK817/818: Dubai-Riyadh-Dubai DXB/RUH/DXB
EK857/858: Dubai-Kuwait-Dubai DXB/KWI/DXB
EK508/509: Dubai-Mumbai-Dubai DXB/BOM/DXB
EK833/834: Dubai-Bahrain-Dubai DXB/BAH/DXB
EK386/387: Dubai-Hong Kong-Dubai DXB/HKG/DXB
EK514/515: Dubai-Delhi-Dubai DXB-DEL-DXB
The following flights out of outstations have also been cancelled:
EK958: Beirut-Dubai BEY/DXB
EK517: Delhi-Dubai DEL/DXB
EK928: Cairo-Dubai CAI/DXB
EK852: Doha-Dubai DOH/DXB
EK607: Karachi-Dubai KHI/DXB
EK872: Kuwait-Dubai KWI/DXB
The following flights were returned to their departure airport: 
EK54: Munich-Dubai MUC-DXB
EK100: Rome-Dubai FCO-DXB
EK377: Bangkok-Dubai BKK-DXB
EK768: Johannesburg JNB-DXB
The following flights have been diverted:
To Dubai World Central (DWC)
EK531 from Kochi
EK527 from Hyderabad
EK659 from Male
EK565 from Bengaluru
EK375 from Bangkok
EK425 from Perth
EK902 from Amman
EK806 from Jeddah
EK856 from Kuwait
EK706 from Seychelles
EK208 from New York (JFK)
EK415 from Sydney
EK641 from Kabul
To Sharjah International Airport (SHJ)
EK433 from Brisbane
EK353 from Singapore
EK601 from Karachi
EK511 from New Delhi
To Al Ain International Airport(AAN)
EK583 from Dhaka
EK345 from Kuala Lumpur
To Fujairah International Airport (FJR)
EK651 from Colombo
To Bahrain International Airport (BAH) for a night stop
EK942 from Baghdad
To Muscat International Airport (MCT) for a night stop
EK968 from Mashhad

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