Emirates Operates First Flight with Fully Vaccinated Team (25 Feb 2021) Emirates has operated its first flight with fully vaccinated frontline teams servicing customers at every touchpoint of the travel journey. Flight EK215, which departed Dubai for Los Angeles at 08:30, was supported by check-in, security, Business and First Class lounge and boarding gate employees, as well as engineers, pilots and cabin crew who have made the choice to be fully vaccinated. Also supporting the flight’s operations were fully vaccinated aircraft appearance, loading and special handling teams from dnata, as well as SkyCargo teams working on the cargo and logistics requirements for EK215.