US EditionFlight to Bring French Nationals From UAE Forced Back, Minister Says
The repatriation flight was aborted due to missile fire amid regional air strikes; 43.1% of flights in the Gulf were canceled on the same day, Cirium reported.
- On Thursday evening, an Air France government‑chartered flight to repatriate French nationals aborted and was forced to turn back because of missile fire, Philippe Tabarot, French transport minister, said.
- Regional airspace closures followed, affecting major Gulf hubs after the United States and Israel launched air strikes on Saturday that killed Iran's supreme leader and sparked retaliatory attacks, while Cirium reported 43.1 percent of flights were cancelled on Thursday.
- Cirium data show multiple departures from UAE airports on Thursday, with 87 flights from Dubai's international airport and 15 from Abu Dhabi airport despite military strikes.
- Several countries are scrambling to organise evacuation flights, with France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Italy arranging charters from Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, while Qatar Airways suspends regular operations but runs limited repatriation flights prioritising earlier bookings.
- Another 60 flights left Oman's capital Muscat as Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said the government continued repatriations after a first charter brought home 127 Italian citizens on Monday, while the Maltese government funds a UAE charter for its nationals.
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An Air France aircraft heading towards Dubai to repatriate French citizens had to stop their mission during the flight, due to the rocket attacks observed by pilots in the Doha area, shortly before arriving at the United Arab Emirates. Air France flew down from Paris-Charles airport to ...
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Four flights have already been chartered to repatriate the French from Dubai, but on Thursday, one of the aircraft was forced to turn around due to missile fire. More than 750 French have already been repatriated since the beginning of the Middle East war.
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The aircraft "turned back because of missile fire in the area", the Minister of Transport announced. A total of 750 nationals were repatriated and about 5,000 wish to return to France, according to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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