Emirates Airlines is scheduled to operate periodic flights from the United Arab Emirates to Ghana from Thursday, July 9.
This forms part of efforts to evacuate Ghanaians stranded in the United Arab Emirates UAE, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Meanwhile the Ghana Embassy in the USA, in a statement has asked interested persons to visit the website of Emirates Airlines as soon as possible to make flight reservations from their current locations in the US to Ghana connecting through UAE.
The Embassy notes that travellers will be required to observe a two-week mandatory quarantine in various hotels whose services they would have to pay for themselves.
The statement added that the cost of quarantine, which includes boarding fare and meals should be paid directly to the preferred hotel prior to departure from the US.