Hundreds more flights cancelled as world faces worst travel chaos since Covid pandemic

<p>Hundreds of thousands of passengers remain stranded, with key air hubs in Middle East closed amid fallout from US-Israeli strikes on Iran</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/02/us-israel-war-iran-live-updates-attacks-strikes-tehran-lebanon-beirut-hezbollah-dubai-latest-news"><strong>US-Israeli attack on Iran – live updates</strong></a></p></li></ul><p>Hundreds more flights were cancelled on Monday, extending the turmoil in global air travel caused <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/28/israel-launches-attack-on-iran-as-explosions-heard-in-tehran">by the US-Israel war on Iran</a>, with hundreds of thousands of passengers already stranded.</p><p>Leading airline stocks came under pressure <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/01/hundreds-of-thousands-of-travellers-stranded-or-diverted-amid-air-space-closures-in-middle-east">after days of disruption</a>, with Donald Trump indicating that the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/01/trump-open-to-talks-with-iran-as-conflict-deepens-in-middle-east">US military action could last another four weeks</a>.</p><p>Emirates Airlines, the world’s largest international carrier, which suspended all planned services to and from Dubai until 3pm UAE time (10pm AEDT, 11am GMT and 6am EST) on Monday.</p><p>Etihad Airways, which suspended all flights to and from Abu Dhabi until 2pm UAE time (9pm AEDT, 10am GMT and 5am EST) on Monday.</p><p>Qatar Airways, which suspended flight operations because of the closure of Qatari airspace.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/02/flights-cancelled-middle-east-travel-chaos-us-israeli-iran-conflictflights-cancelled-middle-east-travel-chaos-us-israeli-iran-conflict">Continue reading...</a>

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