UAE travel advisory: Flights delayed and cancelled at Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports
Flights to and from the UAE continue to face some disruption on Thursday as regional tensions persist, although fewer services appear to be affected than a day earlier. Several flights at Zayed International Airport in Abu Dhabi and Dubai International Airport are running behind schedule on Thursday morning, with a small number of cancellations also reported. Why are flights being disrupted…
Flights across the UAE and the Middle East are experiencing delays and cancellations due to heightened security concerns following a recent escalation in tensions between the US and Iran. Zayed International Airport in Abu Dhabi and Dubai International Airport have been particularly affected. Several arrivals at Zayed International Airport have been delayed, including flights from Calicut, Chennai, Trivandrum, Ahmedabad, Sialkot, and Kathmandu operated by Air Arabia Abu Dhabi.
Etihad services from Barcelona, Delhi, Islamabad, Islamabad, Moscow, Karachi, Ahmedabad, Peshawar, Chennai, Colombo, Nairobi, London Heathrow, Lisbon, Phuket, Bangkok, and Manchester are also delayed. IndiGo flight 6E1439 from Tiruchirappalli is another affected arrival. Flydubai has cancelled Flight FZ652 from Entebbe. Dubai International Airport has seen delays at several arrivals, including services from Almaty, Bishkek, Moscow, Jeddah, Astana, Minsk, Addis Ababa, Damascus, Abha, and Baghdad operated by Flydubai.
Emirates has delayed arrivals from Manchester, London Gatwick, Lisbon, Edinburgh, Dublin, London Heathrow, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Rome, Bologna, and Lyon, as well as North American destinations such as Washington, Montreal, New York, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Houston, San Francisco, Islamabad, Hyderabad, Colombo, Bangkok, Bengaluru, Male, Cairo, and Jakarta.
Other airlines, including Kenya Airways, Air India Express, and SpiceJet, have also been impacted. Departures from Zayed International Airport have seen limited disruption, with only a few SpiceJet services delayed. Dubai International Airport's departures have been less affected, with only a few SpiceJet services running behind schedule.
Bahrain International Airport, Kuwait International Airport, and Queen Alia International Airport have also experienced delays and cancellations affecting various airlines.
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