Emirates (EK, Dubai Int'l) has extended an existing ban on flights to the Guinean capital of Conakry as the death toll in the world's worst Ebola virus outbreak continues to climb. The Emirati carrier had hoped to resume its service to Dakar via Conakry on August 2 having first suspended the route in April.
With the death toll from the disease now reaching almost 1000 cases, the Liberian government last week sealed off most of its borders in an effort to curb the transmission of the deadly disease.
Meanwhile Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa) subsidiary, ASKY Airlines (KP, Lomé), has resumed services to Lagos after the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) lifted a moratorium on the airline's operations into the country's commercial hub. The NCAA banned ASKY from the country after it was found to have ferried an Ebola-infected Liberian national into the country last week. Following consultative talks, the airline's management undertook to abide by health and safety regulations with a view to curtailing the spread of the virus.
Thus far, at least 1'323 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, are known to have been infected by the diseases, for which there is no known cure.
With the death toll from the disease now reaching almost 1000 cases, the Liberian government last week sealed off most of its borders in an effort to curb the transmission of the deadly disease.
Meanwhile Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa) subsidiary, ASKY Airlines (KP, Lomé), has resumed services to Lagos after the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) lifted a moratorium on the airline's operations into the country's commercial hub. The NCAA banned ASKY from the country after it was found to have ferried an Ebola-infected Liberian national into the country last week. Following consultative talks, the airline's management undertook to abide by health and safety regulations with a view to curtailing the spread of the virus.
Thus far, at least 1'323 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, are known to have been infected by the diseases, for which there is no known cure.
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