Flights grounded as fighting leaves tens of thousands stranded across world
Air travel remains in turmoil today as the fighting between the US/Israel and Iran for a third day causes flight disruption to thousands of journeys.
Airlines remain grounded with operations suspended in key hubs including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi.
Here is the latest on the flight situation from some of the world’s biggest airlines:
Air France canceled flights to and from Tel Aviv, Beirut, Dubai and Riyadh through March 3. KLM said its flights to and from Dubai, Riyadh and Dammam may be disrupted through March 6 and flights to and from Tel Aviv were suspended.
The airline suspended all flights to and from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Qatar through March 2. It also canceled some flights to and from Europe on March 2.
IAG-owned British Airways said customers flying between London and Abu Dhabi, Amman, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai or Tel Aviv through March 15 can change their flight date free of charge to travel on or before March 29. Those traveling up to March 8 may also request a full refund.
Emirates said it had suspended all flights to and from Dubai until 1100 GMT on March 2.
The German airline suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv, Beirut, Amman, Dammam, Erbil and Tehran until March 8 and flights to and from Dubai until March 4.
The Singaporean carrier said it had canceled flights to and from Dubai through March 7. Its low-cost airline Scoot canceled flights to and from Jeddah through March 7.
The airline said it temporarily suspended flights to and from Doha due to the closure of Qatari airspace.