With mass Covid-19 vaccination programmes rolling out throughout the world, global airlines have started inoculation drives for their staffers. While Singapore Airlines began its vaccination program last week, Dubai-based Emirates started vaccinating its UAE-based employees on Monday. The airlines have been prioritising their frontline workforce such as cockpit and cabin crew, and other operationally focussed roles.
In a statement, the Emirates Group — which comprises both Emirates airlines and the airport service provider ‘dnata’ — said that it was making both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Sinopharm vaccines available for its employees across various company locations across the UAE. “The airline, along with dnata, are among the first transport and air services organisations in the world to offer employees the option to get vaccinated against the Covid virus.
