{"id":69215,"date":"2023-04-16T19:48:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T15:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/?p=69215"},"modified":"2023-04-16T19:52:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T15:52:30","slug":"flights-sudan-cancelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/latest\/flights-sudan-cancelled\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE Airlines Temporarily Cancelled Flights To And From Sudan Amid Ongoing Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Civil unrest has taken over Sudan within the past couple of days. More than 50 civilians were reported dead. Sudan&#8217;s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control of the presidential palace and clashes erupted with the army. RSF stated that they had taken over the airports in the city of Merowe and El-Obeid; however, gunfire can also be heard across Khartoum.<\/p>\n<h2>UAE airlines have cancelled flights heading to or from Khartoum, Sudan<\/h2>\n<p>In a statement on the Emirates Airlines website, Emirates said &#8220;Due to a deteriorating situation of civil unrest in Khartoum, all Emirates flights to\/from Khartoum (EK733\/EK734) are cancelled from 15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0April till 17<sup>th<\/sup> April. In addition to the Emirates flights, flydubai flights to\/from Khartoum have been cancelled from 15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0April till 17<sup>th<\/sup> April.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Time_SRT_News\/status\/1647321242221854722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Time_SRT_News<\/a> \/ Twitter<\/em><\/p>\n<div style='clear:both;'><\/div>\n<p><!--infeed--><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/04\/16185438\/Screenshot-2023-04-16-at-6.30.39-PM.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><\/p>\n<h2>People are assuming that flights are diverting to not overpass Sudan<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Emirates flight <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EK262?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EK262<\/a> from Sao Paulo to Dubai diverting to Dar es Salaam. Reason for diversion unknown but does not seem technical. My thinking &#8211; no overflights to Sudan, so a different route means more fuel. And to refuel, only airport in the region that can take an A380 is Dar <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KdiuZEf9OF\">pic.twitter.com\/KdiuZEf9OF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Kenyan Aviator (@kenyanaviator) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenyanaviator\/status\/1647324911805906944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Flights should resume on April 17<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pray for my lil brother, his connection flight from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dubai?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Dubai<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PortSudan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PortSudan<\/a> was interrupted at The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Khartoum?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Khartoum<\/a> Airport and he is sheltering at a nearby building \ud83e\udd32\ud83c\udffe <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sudan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sudan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Abdullah Eissa (@AbooodTJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AbooodTJ\/status\/1647233854195875843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Get the latest Dubai news direct to your phone RN!\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Download The Lovin Dubai app for free RIGHT HERE (<a class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/ae\/app\/lovin-augustus-media\/id1529508280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/ae\/app\/lovin-augustus-media\/id1529508280\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">App Store<\/a>) (<a class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=co.lovin.lovinapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=co.lovin.lovinapp\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">Play Store<\/a>) to get the latest trending stories to your phone.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"newsletter-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.us11.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=a9f4ce5f4cf42df02a2fcfd19&amp;id=584330a937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe<\/a>\u00a0to our Newsletter.<\/h2>\n<p>Get the best of your city straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Civil unrest has taken over Sudan within the past couple of days. More than 50 civilians were reported dead. Sudan&#8217;s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control of the presidential palace and clashes erupted with the army. RSF stated that they had taken over the airports in the city of Merowe and El-Obeid; however, gunfire &hellip; ","protected":false},"author":2829,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,50],"tags":[284,441,140],"acf":{"hide_featured_image":false,"featured_image":{"ID":69219,"id":69219,"title":"khartoum","filename":"khartoum.jpg","filesize":"56189","url":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/04\/16190543\/khartoum.jpg","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/latest\/flights-sudan-cancelled\/attachment\/khartoum\/","alt":"","author":"2829","description":"","caption":"","name":"khartoum","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":69215,"date":"2023-04-16 15:05:43","modified":"2023-04-16 15:05:43","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":700,"height":350,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/04\/16190543\/khartoum-small.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/04\/16190543\/khartoum-medium.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":150,"medium_large":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/04\/16190543\/khartoum.jpg","medium_large-width":700,"medium_large-height":350,"large":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/04\/16190543\/khartoum-large.jpg","large-width":700,"large-height":350,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/04\/16190543\/khartoum.jpg","1536x1536-width":700,"1536x1536-height":350,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/04\/16190543\/khartoum.jpg","2048x2048-width":700,"2048x2048-height":350,"small":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/04\/16190543\/khartoum-230x115.jpg","small-width":120,"small-height":60,"custom-size":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/04\/16190543\/khartoum.jpg","custom-size-width":400,"custom-size-height":200}},"featured_image_caption":"","summary":"","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text_block","content":"<p>Civil unrest has taken over Sudan within the past couple of days. More than 50 civilians were reported dead. Sudan&#8217;s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control of the presidential palace and clashes erupted with the army. RSF stated that they had taken over the airports in the city of Merowe and El-Obeid; however, gunfire can also be heard across Khartoum.<\/p>\n<h2>UAE airlines have cancelled flights heading to or from Khartoum, Sudan<\/h2>\n<p>In a statement on the Emirates Airlines website, Emirates said &#8220;Due to a deteriorating situation of civil unrest in Khartoum, all Emirates flights to\/from Khartoum (EK733\/EK734) are cancelled from 15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0April till 17<sup>th<\/sup> April. In addition to the Emirates flights, flydubai flights to\/from Khartoum have been cancelled from 15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0April till 17<sup>th<\/sup> April.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Time_SRT_News\/status\/1647321242221854722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Time_SRT_News<\/a> \/ Twitter<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image_block","image":{"ID":69218,"id":69218,"title":"Screenshot 2023-04-16 at 6.30.39 PM","filename":"Screenshot-2023-04-16-at-6.30.39-PM.png","filesize":"223378","url":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/04\/16185438\/Screenshot-2023-04-16-at-6.30.39-PM.png","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/latest\/flights-sudan-cancelled\/attachment\/screenshot-2023-04-16-at-6-30-39-pm\/","alt":"","author":"2829","description":"","caption":"","name":"screenshot-2023-04-16-at-6-30-39-pm","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":69215,"date":"2023-04-16 14:54:38","modified":"2023-04-16 14:54:38","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2102,"height":834,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/04\/16185438\/Screenshot-2023-04-16-at-6.30.39-PM-small.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/04\/16185438\/Screenshot-2023-04-16-at-6.30.39-PM-medium.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":119,"medium_large":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/04\/16185438\/Screenshot-2023-04-16-at-6.30.39-PM-768x305.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":305,"large":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/04\/16185438\/Screenshot-2023-04-16-at-6.30.39-PM-large.png","large-width":900,"large-height":357,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/04\/16185438\/Screenshot-2023-04-16-at-6.30.39-PM-1536x609.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":609,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/04\/16185438\/Screenshot-2023-04-16-at-6.30.39-PM-2048x813.png","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":813,"small":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/04\/16185438\/Screenshot-2023-04-16-at-6.30.39-PM-230x91.png","small-width":120,"small-height":47,"custom-size":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/04\/16185438\/Screenshot-2023-04-16-at-6.30.39-PM.png","custom-size-width":504,"custom-size-height":200}},"image_caption":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_block","content":"<h2>People are assuming that flights are diverting to not overpass Sudan<\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"embed_block","embed_item":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Emirates flight <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EK262?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EK262<\/a> from Sao Paulo to Dubai diverting to Dar es Salaam. Reason for diversion unknown but does not seem technical. My thinking &#8211; no overflights to Sudan, so a different route means more fuel. And to refuel, only airport in the region that can take an A380 is Dar <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KdiuZEf9OF\">pic.twitter.com\/KdiuZEf9OF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Kenyan Aviator (@kenyanaviator) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenyanaviator\/status\/1647324911805906944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_block","content":"<h2>Flights should resume on April 17<\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"embed_block","embed_item":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pray for my lil brother, his connection flight from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dubai?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Dubai<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PortSudan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PortSudan<\/a> was interrupted at The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Khartoum?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Khartoum<\/a> Airport and he is sheltering at a nearby building \ud83e\udd32\ud83c\udffe <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sudan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sudan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Abdullah Eissa (@AbooodTJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AbooodTJ\/status\/1647233854195875843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_block","content":"<p><em><strong>Get the latest Dubai news direct to your phone RN!\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Download The Lovin Dubai app for free RIGHT HERE (<a class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/ae\/app\/lovin-augustus-media\/id1529508280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/ae\/app\/lovin-augustus-media\/id1529508280\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">App Store<\/a>) (<a class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=co.lovin.lovinapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=co.lovin.lovinapp\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">Play Store<\/a>) to get the latest trending stories to your phone.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"newsletter-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.us11.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=a9f4ce5f4cf42df02a2fcfd19&amp;id=584330a937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe<\/a>\u00a0to our Newsletter.<\/h2>\n<p>Get the best of your city straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n"}],"legacy_image":"","legacy_full_image":"","type_of_video":"Self Hosted","lovin_video_link":false,"lovin_video_link_webm":false,"video_thumbnail":false,"disable_lovin_hearts":false,"lovin_heart_title":"","show_sponsor":false,"sponsor_name_copy":"","sponsor_image":false,"sponsor_name":"","sponsor_content":"","sponsor_website":"","sponsor_facebook":"","sponsor_twitter":"","sponsor_tiktok":"","sponsor_instagram":"","enable_reveal_feature":false,"reveal_image":false,"featured_for_app":false,"legacy_meta_tags":"","is_guest_user":false,"episode_number":"","embed_code":"","episode_introduction":""},"image_feature":null,"author_name":"Farah Makhlouf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69215"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2829"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}