Emirates' outgoing President Tim Clark says it could take the state carrier up to four years to resume flying to its entire network that has been decimated by the coronavirus pandemic.

The Dubai-based airline, which flew to 157 destinations in 83 countries before the pandemic, grounded passenger flights in March and has since operated few, limited services.

“I think probably by the year 2022-23, 2023-24 we will see things coming back to some degree of normality and Emirates will be operating its network as it was and hopefully as successfully as it was,” Clark said in a webcast interview with aviation consultant John Strickland.

An Emirates passenger plane comes in to land at London Heathrow airport, London, Britain, May 21. — Reuters
An Emirates passenger plane comes in to land at London Heathrow airport, London, Britain, May 21. — Reuters

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