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Emirates resumes flights to Muscat

The Dubai-based airline is getting closer to resuming its pre-pandemic network, despite a new virus outbreak in the United Arab Emirates.
This picture taken on July 17, 2020 shows an Emirates Boeing 777-31H aircraft taxying upon arrival at the Iranian capital Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport. - The UAE's Emirates airlines landed its first flight in Tehran on July 17 after a five month shutdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

The Dubai-based airline Emirates will resume flights to Muscat this week. The Gulf carrier is nearing 100 destinations as it continues to rebuild amid the pandemic, despite financial struggles.

Emirates flights to the Omani capital will start again on Friday. The day before, the airline will resume travel to Entebbe, Uganda, bringing the airline’s total destinations to 94 in October, Emirates said in a press release. Before the COVID-19 crisis, Emirates flew to around 150 destinations.

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