Flydubai offers passengers free covid cover

By Eudore R. Chand

Flydubai Boeing 737 Max jet. Flydubai has grounded the planes after Ethiopian Airways crash

Fydubai is offering its passengers receive free Covid-19 cover.

If a passenger tests positive for Covid-19 during any travel between 01 September 2020 and 30 November 2020, his/her health expenses and quarantine costs will be covered. The free Covid-19 cover will be automatically applied to the bookings.

Flydubai has also partnered with NMC Hospitals and Aster Clinics to offer a special rate for the Covid-19 PCR test to all passengers flying with Air Arabia from Sharjah and Abudhabi International airports.

Passengers can do the PCR test at any of NMC hospital branches for Dh150 per person or Aster Clinics for Dh180 per passenger by presenting the Air Arabia ticket and Emirates ID or passport copy.

Passengers departing from Sharjah and Abu Dhabi International airports to the following countries are required to present a negative Covid-19 PCR test result at the time of check-in:

Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Egypt
Iraq
Kuwait
Lebanon
Morocco
Nepal
Pakistan
Sudan

Passengers departing from Sharjah and Abu Dhabi must travel within 96 hours of conducting the test.

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