Global air travel chaos intensified on Monday as the U.S. and Israel continued to bombard Iran, which struck back at targets across the Middle East, leaving airports closed and stranding travelers including those in faraway areas who were scheduled to transit through the region. Governments were scrambling to help their citizens get home after the
Hundreds of thousands of passengers remain stranded on Monday, with key airports in the Gulf closed amid the fallout from US-Israeli strikes on Iran. Thousands more flights were cancelled on Monday as the turmoil in global air travel grew as missiles flew across the region. Gulf airports and airlines have suspended all operations until at least 10am
More than 6,000 flights have been cancelled worldwide as rising tensions in the Middle East disrupt global air travel. The cancellations come amid escalating conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran, with airlines forced to suspend routes and avoid large parts of the region’s airspace. According to flight tracking platform FlightAware,
Qatar Airways has confirmed that its flight operations remain temporarily suspended due to the closure of Qatari airspace. In a statement, the airline said services will only resume once the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority announces the safe reopening of the country’s airspace. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lovin Malta (@lovinmalta) “Qatar
Flights across the Middle East were being cancelled Saturday as several countries slammed their airspace shut after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran. Iran, Iraq, Israel, Syria, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates all announced at least partial closures of their skies in the hours after smoke began rising over Tehran and Iran began