Wow. Just read that Emirates website. Apparently they think it's still March 2020 as they've removed newspapers and magazines, FGS. Also recommend wearing gloves! And mask mask mask all the time.
Needless to say I shall not be flying with Emirates. Pity, they used to be good.
I am going to take the unpopular view that Emirates are entitled and very probably correct to be doing this
The reason is that all an airline cares about is revenue and companies like Emirates have very smart people running revenue management
These RevMan people are likely to have looked at their most profitable demographic and concluded that these customers who want to fly on aircraft on which the great unwashed are masked
Emirates are not a commodity business
My own experiences are that the very rich are the most paranoid and especially if they are in the demographic with more risk of suffering from Covid
This combined with very busy flights might well mean that Emirates would be throwing away money if they did not cater to the wishes of their High Net Worth customers
The same logic applies to British Airways First Class
If you fly first to USA from T5 you have very fast check in and the Concorde lounge
However you are put onto the bus going to the remote stand if that is where your aircraft is and are treated like cattle like every one else .
Why do BA not supply a limousine for the first class passengers?
Because RevMan have calculated it is not worth it.