Travellers coming into the UAE from Pakistan will not be allowed to enter the country unless they observe new passport rules, according to a statement from Serene Air.
Passengers travelling from Pakistan who have just a single name in their passports will not be able to enter the United Arab Emirates, it said.
People travelling on residence or employment visas will be exempt from the rule change.
The privately owned Pakistani airline Serene Air offers domestic flights as well as routes into Sharjah and Dubai.
Pakistan-UAE travel rules
“The UAE government has revised the naming guidelines for allowing entry in the Emirates. As per the guideline update, passengers holding passports with [only] a single name and no other name, including father name/family name will not be accepted,” the airline said.
Under the new guidelines, all visitors travelling in to and out of the UAE must have both a primary and secondary name in their passport to be permitted to travel.
People without the standardised naming procedure will be banned from entering the country.
Pakistan to the United Arab Emirates is a busy air route with an estimated population of approximately 1.7m Pakistanis in the country.
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