Emirates Airlines plans to adjust its strategy after the Corona Virus pandemic caused an almost complete halt to global air traffic.

According to Reuters, Operations Director Adel Ahmed Al-Reda said: We will have to amend some aspects of the operational model ... as there is no doubt that what was beneficial to us in the past will not It helps us in the future.

He said that Emirates Airlines will focus on bringing more travelers to visit Dubai as well as continuing to connect around the world through the same operations center model that I have relied on for more than three decades. .

The company also plans to re-examine its network and consider increasing cooperation with its sister government carrier, flydubai, according to Al-Rida. The company currently operates a fleet of massive Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 wide-bodied aircraft, many of which have had to be shut down due to the pandemic.

Al-Ridha said looking at the future, we cannot continue long-term activity with such a fleet. We need to pump smaller species.

He explained that the 115 A380 aircraft owned by Emirates Airlines will only return some to service this year, and that the company is in talks with Airbus to postpone the three aircraft scheduled for delivery this year. < / p>

He added that it was unclear if Boeing would deliver the new version of the 777, known as the 777X, next year. He added that the company is not in talks to cancel any aircraft orders.

Airbus declined to comment. A Boeing spokeswoman said the company was continuing to make steady progress in the new plane, which began flying tests in January.

Emirates Airlines began resuming flights to some destinations in conjunction with the relaxation of the restrictions imposed by countries to contain the Corona virus.

The company will operate flights to up to 55 destinations in July and 60 in August.

Al-Ridha said that the demand for tickets appears positive after it collapsed in the midst of the pandemic, and that the occupancy rate on some flights reached 50 percent. But he cautioned that the sustainability of the recovery remains unclear.

He said that most travelers are stranded due to closures or wanting to visit their families and not for work or tourism.