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Flights to and from Zayed International Airport in Abu Dhabi and Dubai International Airport have been affected as the war continues to impact aviation.
Some flights scheduled to arrive at Dubai International Airport were delayed on Wednesday morning.
Delayed Emirates arrivals included EK244 from Montreal, EK802 from Jeddah and EK222 from Dallas.
Several flydubai arrivals were also delayed, including FZ502 from Dhaka, FZ326 from Multan, FZ148 from Amman, FZ620 from Entebbe, FZ718 from Yerevan, FZ1710 from Bucharest and FZ1572 from Milan Bergamo.
The corresponding departure of these flights was also affected.
At Zayed International Airport in Abu Dhabi, several flights scheduled to arrive were cancelled, including Etihad flights EY213 from Delhi, EY596 from Tel Aviv, EY006 from Washington and EY373 from Male.
IndiGo's 6E1411 from Chennai, 6E1431 from Ahmedabad, 6E1419 from Bangalore, 6E1448 and 6E1407 from Hyderabad, 6E1433 from Kannur, 6E1439 from Tiruchirappalli, 6E1497 from Coimbatore, 6E1438 from Mangalore, 6E1444 from Visakhapatnam and 6E1415 from Lucknow were also cancelled.
Air Arabia Abu Dhabi announced several cancellations of scheduled arrivals, including 3L016 and 3L018 from Bahrain, 3L021 and 3L023 from Kuwait, 3L731 from Baku, 3L715 from Tbilisi, 3L442 from Yerevan, 3L505 from Damascus, 3L753 from Moscow and 3L782 from Almaty.
Other cancelled arrivals at Zayed International Airport included Egypt Air's MS916 from Cairo, GF540 and GF544 from Bahrain, Turkmenistan Airlines' T5825 from Ashgabat, Akasa Air's QP590 from Bangalore and QP588 from Chennai, and Saudia's SV572 from Riyadh.
Emirates airline said previously that it was operating a reduced flight schedule and urged travellers to check their flight status, even after they check in. The airline is offering customers who booked to travel between February 28 and April 30 the option to rebook on alternate flights until June 15 or request a full refund for free.
For Etihad, tickets issued for travel between February 28 and April 15 can be refunded or rebooked free of charge on alternate flights until May 15.
Airlines in the Gulf are slowly ramping up operations after the conflict began on February 28. According to data from Flightradar24, Emirates operated 327 flights on March 29, compared with only 24 on March 1 – a day after the war began. Etihad operated 136 flights, Qatar Airways 140 and flydubai 132.
