US EditionIndiGo to Operate 10 Relief Flights From Jeddah on March 3: Check Status of Air India, Qatar Airways, Emirates, Others
Iranian attacks forced Gulf countries to close airspace, causing flight cancellations and diversions affecting 90,000 daily transiting passengers, aviation analytics firm Cirium reported.
- On Saturday, Iran's retaliatory strikes damaged Dubai International Airport and the Burj Al Arab hotel, prompting Gulf countries to close their airspace and ground flights, including those operated by Emirates and American Airlines.
- The strikes spread across the Gulf and wider Middle East, creating safety risks that prompted Gulf states to close airspace along the Persian Gulf major flight corridor.
- Several long‑haul flights were forced to double back, including American Flight 120, which returned to Philadelphia after 15 hours and 32 minutes, and an Emirates A380 that flew nearly 16 hours before returning to Auckland, New Zealand.
- Dozens of planes were stranded worldwide as Emirates canceled flights through Doha and Dubai, while disruption to flights hit airline stocks on Monday.
- Carriers rerouted flights over Saudi Arabia or the Caucasus to avoid closed corridors, while airports urged travellers to check with their airline and Auckland Airport provided operational support as airlines rebook affected travellers.
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IndiGo to operate 10 relief flights from Jeddah on March 3: Check status of Air India, Qatar Airways, Emirates, others
IndiGo will operate 10 special relief flights from Jeddah to Indian cities on March 3 to aid passengers stranded by Middle East conflict, pending necessary approvals and airspace conditions, according to the civil aviation ministry.
The escalation of the last hours has become open war. USA and Israel have hit strategic targets in Iran. Tehran has responded with the launch of missiles and drones to Israel and some US bases in the Gulf. With the temporarily closed airports and thousands of flights cancelled, there are several sportsmen who for work (or on vacation) have been blocked in the United Arab Emirates or in Qatar, from Dubai to Doha. The point of the situation regard…
There are currently no flights over Dubai or Doha. Therefore, the wires run hot at the TCS.
Iran conflict leads to a pair of planes making 16-hour flights to nowhere
An Emirates Airbus A380, like the one that returned to Auckland.Mike Campbell/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesStrikes on Iran disrupted one of the world's busiest flight corridors.Two jets returned to their origins after nearly 16 hours.An American Airlines plane went back to Philadelphia, and an Emirates A380 to New Zealand.Two airplanes flew for nearly 16 hours only to end up back where they started, as the conflict with Iran upended air travel.Fligh…
The war that has broken out in Iran and that affects other countries in the Middle East, has had a direct impact on the acts of the Mobile World Congress (MWC). The first affected have been many of the congressmen who have seen their flights delayed or directly cancelled, due to the closure of airspace in several of these countries. Companies like Qatar Airways have suspended all their flights in the aftermath of the conflict and Emirates and Et…
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