The most recent shutdown of Dubai’s airport has disrupted the journey plans of 1000’s of UK passengers.
Dubai Worldwide Airport introduced on Monday, at 1.36am GMT, it had suspended flights after a drone hit a close-by gasoline tank.
Many Emirates flights already within the air had been diverted, whereas others ready to take off had been cancelled.
5 flights from UK airports needed to return to their factors of origin, together with a journey from Edinburgh which had made it as far Egyptian airspace earlier than turning again.
An Emirates spokesperson mentioned: “We are able to verify the flight [EK24] returned to Edinburgh attributable to operational disruption.”
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Different passengers on board a flight from London Stansted nearly made it to Dubai, however had been as an alternative diverted to Vienna, Austria.
The closure of the key United Arab Emirates hub additionally impacts 1000’s hoping to lastly return to the UK after being stranded within the Center East, or different airports the place UK flights join within the area, because the US and Israel launched its struggle on Iran.
On Monday, all seven Emirates flights from Dubai to London Heathrow had been cancelled.
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Later within the morning, Dubai Worldwide Airport mentioned flights had been “progressively resuming to chose locations”.
Flights to and from the airport had been closely impacted for a number of days following the begin of the US-Israeli operations towards Iran on 28 February.
Staff examine injury attributable to a drone strike in a single day on the Handle Creek Harbour resort in Dubai. Pic: AP
Round half one million passengers per day use airports in Dubai, Doha or Abu Dhabi, which function key hubs for journey between Europe and continents of Asia and Australia.
Qatar flights to renew
Nevertheless, Eire’s Minister for Overseas Affairs mentioned on Monday that Qatar Airways flights would resume on Friday.
Helen McEntee mentioned on X: “Happy to announce that we have now been knowledgeable by Qatar Airways that it’ll resume flights from Doha to Dublin on Friday, 20 March 2026.
“There will probably be 4 direct flights weekly from that date.”
