Many UAE based airlines have cancelled and rerouted several flights as airspaces were shut in several parts of the Middle East amid rising regional tensions.
Approximately 80 flights from around the world operated by airlines such as Emirates, British Airways, Lufthansa, Qatar Airways and bound for major Middle East hubs such as Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi were diverted to places such as Cairo and European cities on Tuesday as per the data made available from tracking service FlightRadar24.
Due to airspace closures, numerous airlines have either halted flights to the region or chosen to avoid the affected airspace.
Dubai’s flagship carrier Emirates has cancelled all its flights to and from Iraq (Basra and Baghdad), Iran (Tehran), and Jordan (Amman) on October 2 and 3.
Passengers with connecting flights in Dubai bound for Iraq, Iran, and Jordan will not be accepted for boarding at their departure airports until further notice.
Emirates will also be cancelling the following flights on October 2:
EK 837/838: Dubai‑ Bahrain ‑ Dubai
EK855/86: Dubai ‑ Kuwait ‑ Dubai
EK31/32: Dubai ‑ London Heathrow ‑Dubai
EK866/867: Dubai ‑ Muscat ‑ Dubai
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways has also rerouted a number of its flights on Tuesday (October 1) and Wednesday (October 2) in response to airspace restrictions, the airline told Khaleej Times.
Local budget carrier flydubai had also diverted and cancelled some of its flights in response to the escalating Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
