Some flights to the UAE were facing further delays on Tuesday, after significant disruption to inbound journeys in recent days.
Dubai International Airport's flight status website showed a number of flights from Central Asia have made late arrivals to the emirate this week.
Flydubai planes from Tashkent and Almaty - both in Kazakhstan were delayed by more than one hour on Tuesday morning.
On Monday, flydubai planes from Almaty and Tashkent were delayed by 52 minutes and 64 minutes respectively.
Another flydubai flight from Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikstan, was delayed from 7.50am to 9.07am.
Other flydubai flights travelling to Dubai from destinations such as Moscow and Yekaterinburg in Russia and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, also touched down late on the tarmac on Monday.
An Emirates flight from London Heathrow to Dubai, due to reach its destination at 6.40am, was rescheduled for 8.30am.
Adjustments continue to be made to flight schedules, but not all delays are due to the continuing conflict affecting the Middle East.
Hundreds of flights from Russia have been affected by the prolonged war with Ukraine in recent weeks.
Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow on September 19 delayed more than 400 flights and led to a number of diversions.
David Bentley, the chief airports analyst for Capa – Centre for Aviation, said an increase in Ukrainian attacks on Moscow may have contributed to recent disruption in the region.
“These drones and missiles fly across routes from and to many places in the Russian Federation and the delays may be exacerbated by fears over further large scale attacks on Moscow and the Russia generally,” he said.
“The Russia-Ukraine conflict has caused all sorts of problems in the region for a long time."
Ukrainian airspace has been closed to all civilian aircraft since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, while American, British, Canadian and EU airlines are banned from flying over Russia.
There is also short-term disruption to airlines that continue to fly into and out of Russia, with knock-on effects on their services elsewhere, even if they do not take off from or land in Russia.
Elmar Giemulla, an honorary professor of aviation law at the Berlin University of Technology, said planes may have to stay on the ground because there are dangers within Russian airspace caused by Ukrainian drones.
“If they have been [scheduled] to fly from their home country to whatever part of the world, these flights can be disrupted,” said Prof Giemulla, who is also a lecturer for International Aviation Consulting and Training, the commercial training and consultancy branch of the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).
Travellers flying into the UAE also faced significant disruption on Sunday, with some flights cancelled and more than 40 being delayed, many for more than two hours.
UAE airlines are now close to full capacity after scaling back services at the height of the Iran war.
Passengers travelling to and from the UAE are advised to check with their airline on their flight status prior to travelling to the airport.
