Prospects whose journeys had been affected can both rebook their flights or request refunds



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By Net Desk

Revealed: Fri 23 Dec 2022, 7:38 PM

Final up to date: Fri 23 Dec 2022, 7:48 PM

Dubai’s flagship provider Emirates has cancelled various flights to Pakistan’s Sialkot metropolis and Chicago within the US due to unhealthy climate.

Prospects connecting to those two locations will even not be accepted for journey at their level of origin, the airline stated in a few advisories.

Among the many cancelled flights is EK619, which was presupposed to fly to Dubai from Sialkot tonight, December 23, at 8.30pm. Three different flights between the 2 cities had been additionally affected over the previous couple of days.

Flights EK235 and EK 236 to and from Chicago, which had been additionally scheduled for December 23, had been additionally cancelled.

Quite a lot of flights operated by different airways to and from the Pakistani province of Punjab had been disrupted over the previous few days.

On Friday, dense fog prompted carriers to both cancel or divert worldwide flights as a result of poor visibility, in accordance with native media experiences.

Within the US, snow, rain, ice, wind and frigid temperatures are wreaking havoc on air journey plans amid the Christmas rush.

Airways cancelled simply over 2,270 US flights by 6pm ET on Thursday, and proactively cancelled nearly 1,000 flights for Friday as nicely, in accordance with the flight monitoring website FlightAware.

The impacts are being felt hardest in Chicago and Denver, the place round 1 / 4 of arrivals and departures — a whole bunch of flights at every airport — had been cancelled on Thursday, FlightAware knowledge exhibits.

“Affected prospects who’ve booked with journey brokers ought to contact them for various journey preparations or a refund,” Emirates stated.

Prospects who’ve booked immediately with the airline could contact their native workplace for rebooking choices, or go to the web site to request a refund.

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