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Emirates resumes flights to several European cities

The Dubai-based airline received $2 billion from the government in August and is gradually approaching its pre-pandemic number of destinations.
This picture shows an Airbus A380 of the Emirates airline during landing on September 24, 2019 at the airport in Duesseldorf, western Germany. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP) (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)

Emirates announced on Monday the resumption of flights to several European cities. The major Gulf airline is projecting a positive outlook after financial struggles earlier in the year.

The Dubai-based Emirates will resume flights to and from Budapest on Oct. 21. On Nov. 1, it will start flying to and from Bologna, Dusseldorf and Hamburg again. Emirates will then resume flights to and from Lyon on Nov. 4. Each route will have two flights a week, and the resumptions will bring Emirates’ number of European destinations to 31, the airline said in a press release.

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