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Kuwait, Iraq, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar Shut Airspace As Iran Attacks US Air Base
Airlines were on fresh alert late on Monday after Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Iraq, and Kuwait closed their countries' airspace temporarily as Iran attacked the Al Udeid US military base in Doha, the latest upheaval to air travel in the Middle East.
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Tourists Stranded In Israel As Sirens Sound, Missiles Fly, Planes Grounded
Woken by air raid sirens, hurrying to bomb shelters, scouring travel sites for escape routes thousands of tourists in Israel have found their holiday plans upended by the country's conflict with Iran.
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Air India Suspends Tel Aviv Flights Till May 6 After Houthi Missile Strike
Air India has suspended flights to Israel's capital Tel Aviv for the next two days following the Houthi rebels' missile attack at the Ben Gurion airport this morning. A flight from Delhi was diverted to Abu Dhabi after the incident, the airlines said
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Lufthansa Extends Beirut Flight Suspension Amid High Middle East Tensions
German airline giant Lufthansa said Friday it was extending a suspension of flights to Beirut until September 30 and to Tel Aviv and Tehran until September 2 with regional tensions still high.
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New Airports, Aircraft Orders: Wealthy Gulf Prepares For Aviation Boom
With major new airports emerging from the desert and aircraft orders rolling in, the resource-rich Gulf is raising its stake in an industry forecast to boom in the decades ahead.
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Kerala Plans Passenger Ship Service To Gulf To Beat Exorbitant Air Charges
The CPI(M)-led LDF government in Kerala is planning to launch a passenger ship service to provide affordable travel for Malayali expatriates in the Middle East who are forced to pay exorbitant airline charges for their trips home.
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Laptop Ban Affecting Middle East-US Traffic, Says IATA
Overall demand for air travel rose 10.7 percent in April, but the growth rate for the Middle East airlines was slower than its five-year average, IATA said.
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After Series Of Restrictions, Emirates Cuts Flights On 5 US Routes
Emirates, the largest international airline by passenger traffic, said on Wednesday it was cutting flights on five US routes after restrictions imposed by President Donald Trump's administration on some air travel had weakened demand.
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Etihad Passengers Complain of 12-Hour Wait on Tarmac With No Food
Hundreds of air travelers landed in San Francisco, safe but irritated, after a 28-hour overseas flight they say included 12 hours on a tarmac in the Middle East without food or accurate flight information.
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Passengers Complain of 12-Hour Wait on Tarmac
Hundreds of air travelers landed in San Francisco, safe but irritated after a 28-hour overseas flight they say included 12 hours on a tarmac in the Middle East without food or accurate flight information.
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Kerala Chief Minister seeks immediate reduction in Middle East airfares
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Sunday sought the immediate intervention of the central government to ensure that airfares to and from Middle East destinations, which have gone up a whopping 600 percent for the July-September period, be reduced.
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Kuwait, Iraq, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar Shut Airspace As Iran Attacks US Air Base
Airlines were on fresh alert late on Monday after Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Iraq, and Kuwait closed their countries' airspace temporarily as Iran attacked the Al Udeid US military base in Doha, the latest upheaval to air travel in the Middle East.
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Tourists Stranded In Israel As Sirens Sound, Missiles Fly, Planes Grounded
Woken by air raid sirens, hurrying to bomb shelters, scouring travel sites for escape routes thousands of tourists in Israel have found their holiday plans upended by the country's conflict with Iran.
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Air India Suspends Tel Aviv Flights Till May 6 After Houthi Missile Strike
Air India has suspended flights to Israel's capital Tel Aviv for the next two days following the Houthi rebels' missile attack at the Ben Gurion airport this morning. A flight from Delhi was diverted to Abu Dhabi after the incident, the airlines said
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Lufthansa Extends Beirut Flight Suspension Amid High Middle East Tensions
German airline giant Lufthansa said Friday it was extending a suspension of flights to Beirut until September 30 and to Tel Aviv and Tehran until September 2 with regional tensions still high.
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New Airports, Aircraft Orders: Wealthy Gulf Prepares For Aviation Boom
With major new airports emerging from the desert and aircraft orders rolling in, the resource-rich Gulf is raising its stake in an industry forecast to boom in the decades ahead.
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Kerala Plans Passenger Ship Service To Gulf To Beat Exorbitant Air Charges
The CPI(M)-led LDF government in Kerala is planning to launch a passenger ship service to provide affordable travel for Malayali expatriates in the Middle East who are forced to pay exorbitant airline charges for their trips home.
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Laptop Ban Affecting Middle East-US Traffic, Says IATA
Overall demand for air travel rose 10.7 percent in April, but the growth rate for the Middle East airlines was slower than its five-year average, IATA said.
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After Series Of Restrictions, Emirates Cuts Flights On 5 US Routes
Emirates, the largest international airline by passenger traffic, said on Wednesday it was cutting flights on five US routes after restrictions imposed by President Donald Trump's administration on some air travel had weakened demand.
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Etihad Passengers Complain of 12-Hour Wait on Tarmac With No Food
Hundreds of air travelers landed in San Francisco, safe but irritated, after a 28-hour overseas flight they say included 12 hours on a tarmac in the Middle East without food or accurate flight information.
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Passengers Complain of 12-Hour Wait on Tarmac
Hundreds of air travelers landed in San Francisco, safe but irritated after a 28-hour overseas flight they say included 12 hours on a tarmac in the Middle East without food or accurate flight information.
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Kerala Chief Minister seeks immediate reduction in Middle East airfares
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Sunday sought the immediate intervention of the central government to ensure that airfares to and from Middle East destinations, which have gone up a whopping 600 percent for the July-September period, be reduced.
