Croatia Airlines operated an initial repatriation flight to Dubai on Thursday using its Airbus A319 aircraft, registered 9A-CTN. The service included a refuelling stop in Heraklion, Greece, in both directions. The aircraft transported 157 passengers to Zagreb, including eleven babies. Yesterday, the same aircraft operated a nonstop flight to Riyadh, primarily aimed at repatriating Croatian nationals stranded in Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. The jet returned to Zagreb later that evening. “The Government of the Republic of Croatia and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs stand ready, depending on the development of the situation and needs on the ground, to organise additional repatriation flights from Dubai and Riyadh in the coming days”, the government said in a statemen.

Croatia Airlines crew on Riyadh repatriation flight

Air Serbia deployed its A330-200 aircraft, registered YU-ARC, to Dubai on Friday, bringing back 262 passengers and fourteen infants. Today, the airline will operate another rescue flight to Dubai with its A330-200, registered YU-ARE, this time to the city’s second airport – Al Maktoum International – located between Abu Dhabi and downtown Dubai. Tomorrow, the airline will operate two evacuation flights to Riyadh with its A320 aircraft, aimed at Serbian nationals stranded in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Earlier this week, the airline also deployed an Embraer E195 jet to Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt for citizens stranded in Israel. “In light of the newly emerging circumstances involving heightened security risks, Air Serbia will continue, in cooperation with the relevant institutions of the Republic of Serbia, to organise the return of Serbian citizens to the country and take all necessary measures to ensure their safety, which remains the absolute priority of both the Republic of Serbia and its national airline”, Air Serbia said in a statement.

Air Serbia crew on Dubai repatriation flight