MORE than a thousand flights are still being cancelled a day due to the ongoing Iran conflict.
Countries in the Middle East – such as the UAE, Qatar and Oman – have been dragged into the crisis since last week.
And despite some relief flights now operating, thousands of Brits are still facing cancelled flights.
According to data from aviation analytics firm Cirium, 2,263 across the world have been cancelled today.
This includes more than 100 flights to and from the UK today, with 53 departing flights and 54 arriving flights.
The majority are to the UAE, so Dubai and Abu Dhabi, along with Qatar, Israel, Bahrain and Kuwait.
They warned: “We anticipate cancellations will continue for at least a week, as reported by the airlines.”
Emirates, who operate out of Dubai, is still suspending operations, said they were offering a “reduced flight schedule until further notice”.
They warned: “These flights are open for booking, and we are accommodating customers with earlier bookings as a priority.
“Customers transiting in Dubai will only be accepted for travel if their connecting flight is operating.”
Anyone without a confirmed flight booking is being warned not to travel to the airport.
Qatar Airways has still suspended flights from Doha due to the closure of the Qatari airspace, with another update tomorrow at 6am.
Some limited relief flights are being operated from Muscat to Europe, including a flight to London Heathrow.
However the airline also warns: “Passengers are kindly requested not to proceed to the airport unless they have received an official notification from Qatar Airways for these flights.”
All Etihad Airways flights are suspended until at least 6am tomorrow.
The Abu Dhabi-based airline has launched some limited repositioning and repatriation flights, which has include the UK.
British Airways says they are “unable to operate flights from Abu Dhabi, Amman, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai and Tel Aviv”.
Some limited routes are operating from Muscat.
Virgin Atlantic has relaunched flights from Dubai and Riyadh.
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