Dubai: How soon can the UAE get out of the UK’s ‘red list’ – it’s the multi-million dollar question that UAE airlines keep asking as they wait for better outcomes.
“We were very disappointed when we actually had an out and out ban and were put on the UK red list,” said Paul Griffiths, Dubai Airports CEO, during an online event last week. “That was quite hostile when you consider a lot of countries on (UK’s) green list - we believe - are not doing as well in their battle against the pandemic as we are.
“Hopefully, there'll be a rethink of that based on the current data. And hopefully, the mobility of the world will start to recover.” (In December, the Dubai-London sector was the busiest in the world.)