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

Hundreds more flights cancelled as world faces worst travel chaos since Covid pandemic Hundreds of thousands of passengers remain stranded, with key air hubs in Middle East closed amid fallout from US-Israeli strikes on Iran US-Israeli attack on Iran – live updates Hundreds more flights were cancelled on Monday, extending the turmoil in global air travel caused by the US-Israel war on Iran , with hundreds of thousands of passengers already stranded. Leading airline stocks came under pressure after days of disruption , with Donald Trump indicating that the US military action could last another four weeks . Major Middle Eastern airports, including Dubai – the world’s busiest international hub – closed for a third consecutive day amid the most acute aviation shock since the Covid-19 pandemic paralysed the industry. Flights across the Middle East have been cancelled, disrupting thousands of services so far, as international carriers continued to suspend their services. Early on Monday, 1,239 flights had already been cancelled. Emirates Airlines, based in Dubai; Etihad Airways, based in Abu Dhabi; and Qatar Airways, based in Doha; have collectively cancelled hundreds of flights. Other carriers cancelled services across the region. Air India cancelled flights on Sunday departing from Delhi, Mumbai and Amritsar for major cities in Europe and North America. Almost 2,800 flights were cancelled on Saturday, and 3,156 cancelled on Sunday, according to the tracking platform FlightAware. “For travellers, there’s no way to sugarcoat this,” said Henry Harteveldt, an airline industry analyst and the president of Atmosphere Research Group. “You should prepare for delays or cancellations for the next few days as these attacks evolve and hopefully end.” Airspace over Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Israel, Bahrain, the UAE and Qatar was still virtually empty as of Monday, according to the flight tracking website Flightradar24. The impact spread far beyond the Middle East, with passengers stranded...