The UAE says it is capable of operating 48 emergency flights per hour, Economy and Tourism Minister Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri told reporters on Tuesday, adding that the number of flights could increase gradually based on safety assessments, News.Az reports, citing CNN.
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More than 17,000 passengers have been flown out of the country on 60 flights since Sunday in the first phase of the plan, the minister said. The next phase will see more than 80 flights per day with the capacity to transport over 27,000 people, he added.
