Following a technology outage that caused travel disruption around the world, operations at airports and airlines are returning to normal on Sunday.
In the UAE, flight tracking website FlightRadar24 reported low airport disruption on Sunday morning.
Good traffic flow was reported at Zayed International Airport and in Dubai, only minor delays were on the radar according to the latest data from the aviation website.
Emirates flights to and from Dubai remain unimpacted by the outage.
“There has been no impact to our operations due to the global IT disruption since our last statement on Friday,” a representative for the Dubai airline told The National.
It's also operations as usual at flydubai. “The third-party IT issue has not impacted our operations, we had minor delays on a few of our inbound flights from across the network,” confirmed a spokesperson for the airline on Sunday.
Flight status data from Dubai International Airport shows that only a handful of flights are delayed today, including some services to Oman, Pakistan and Poland.
In Abu Dhabi, Etihad Airways previously reported that flights were operating as normal, but advised travellers to expect “some limited delays to services across its network as a result of the global disruption.” The National has contacted the national airline of the UAE for the latest update.
Low-cost airline Wizz Air told The National all UAE flights are back to normal.
"Wizz Air Abu Dhabi confirms that all systems and services are now recovered. The airline has managed the disruption arising from the incident with a 100 per cent completion rate on all flights to and from the UAE," said a representative for the airline.
Globally, aviation patterns are also returning to normal in most destinations.
London Heathrow airport is not experiencing any major disruptions on Sunday. The international hub is in the middle of its peak summer period, having recorded its busiest ever day for passenger numbers on June 30.
Authorities at neighbouring London City airport have confirmed it was not impacted directly by the outage, and it was also business as usual at London Stanstead, with officials issuing a statement confirming “operations are now running as normal.”
At London's Gatwick Airport, most travel issues have been resolved, including IT systems which crashed during the outage, but some flights may continue to be impacted on Sunday.
“We expect the majority of our flights to operate as usual tomorrow,” reads a post on the airport's account from Saturday. “Some delays and cancellations will however continue this evening and over the weekend.”
ABTA, the largest travel association in the UK, reported that “the majority of flights are going ahead”.
It advised any passengers with upcoming travel to check the latest information from airlines and the departure airport, and to carry essentials items with them in case of any knock-on delays.
Fully restored services in India and US travel waivers
Several major US airlines including Delta, United and American Airlines grounded flights during the outage, which had knock-on effects at airports around the world. Travel waivers were issued for US passengers impacted by the technology fail.
In India, where IndiGo, Air India and SpiceJet cancelled flights following the outage, travel is largely back to normal.
The country’s union minister for civil aviation took to X to post an update that airline services had resumed on Saturday. Low cost airline IndiGo, which cancelled about 200 flights on Friday and had technical problems with its reservations system, also used the social media platform to confirm that travel services have been “fully restored”.
Australian airline Qantas previously announced that some of its flights were delayed due to the global outage. On Saturday, it advised travellers that the situation was back to normal.
“Technical issues due to a global third party outage have been resolved,” reported the airline on its website and advised passengers to continue to travel to airports for upcoming flights.
Singapore Airlines said on X that “flights are operating as scheduled”. The South-east Asian airline has also restored services at its main services centre and telephone reservation lines following their suspension on Friday.
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1. Domestic VAT refund amendments: request your refund within five years
If a business does not apply for the refund on time, they lose their credit.
2. E-invoicing in the UAE
Businesses should continue preparing for the implementation of e-invoicing in the UAE, with 2026 a preparation and transition period ahead of phased mandatory adoption.
3. More tax audits
Tax authorities are increasingly using data already available across multiple filings to identify audit risks.
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5. Greater emphasis on statutory audit
There is a greater need for the accuracy of financial statements. The International Financial Reporting Standards standards need to be strictly adhered to and, as a result, the quality of the audits will need to increase.
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Transfer pricing enforcement, which refers to the practice of establishing prices for internal transactions between related entities, is expected to broaden in scope. The UAE will shortly open the possibility to negotiate advance pricing agreements, or essentially rulings for transfer pricing purposes.
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Recent amendments also introduce a default five-year limitation period for tax audits and assessments, subject to specific statutory exceptions. While the standard audit and assessment period is five years, this may be extended to up to 15 years in cases involving fraud or tax evasion.
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Many multinational groups will begin to feel the practical effect of the Domestic Minimum Top-Up Tax (DMTT), the UAE's implementation of the OECD’s global minimum tax under Pillar 2. While the rules apply for financial years starting on or after January 1, 2025, it is 2026 that marks the transition to an operational phase.
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Want to sound on message about the biggest show on television without actually watching it? Best not to get locked into the labyrinthine tales of revenge and royalty: as Isaac Hempstead Wright put it, all you really need to know from now on is that there’s going to be a huge fight between humans and the armies of undead White Walkers.
The season ended with a dragon captured by the Night King blowing apart the huge wall of ice that separates the human world from its less appealing counterpart. Not that some of the humans in Westeros have been particularly appealing, either.
Anyway, the White Walkers are now free to cause any kind of havoc they wish, and as Liam Cunningham told us: “Westeros may be zombie land after the Night King has finished.” If the various human factions don’t put aside their differences in season 8, we could be looking at The Walking Dead: The Medieval Years.
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What: Emirates Airline Festival of Literature
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Price: Sessions range from free entry to Dh125 tickets, with the exception of special events.
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Information: www.emirateslitfest.com
