Middle East Airspace Diversions/Cancellations

[I love to travel]

An Etihad Boeing 777 freighter (EY947) took off from Abu Dhabi an hour ago for Hong Kong.

Wonder if that is a sign that airlines are looking for ways to get some operations going.

You could not pay me at the moment to be anywhere near that air space.

 

[Saab34]

Accomodation in Melbourne for the rest of this week and into next is super pricey due to F1, certainly feel for those poor people who are stuck.

Melbourne also seems to have the most crew stuck with 10 aircraft currently parked. That’s a lot of hotel rooms!

 

[dajop]

Accomodation in Melbourne for the rest of this week and into next is super pricey due to F1, certainly feel for those poor people who are stuck.

Melbourne also seems to have the most crew stuck with 10 aircraft currently parked. That’s a lot of hotel rooms!

Although if financially a problem and happy to go beyond central Melbourne (even take Vline to Geelong, Ballarat etc), hotels are considerably cheaper than centre of Melbourne, even if you throw in $11/day for transport.

 

[SCM]

I see that Saudi space has been open, why don't UAE and Qatar route immediately to and from Saudi air space, which is more buffered by air defences as its further away?

It would take minutes for all aircraft to fly over there.

 

[lovestotravel]

I see that Saudi space has been open, why don't UAE and Qatar route immediately to and from Saudi air space, which is more buffered by air defences as its further away?

It would take minutes for all aircraft to fly over there.

Like this ?

 

[offshore171]

At least one F-15 shot down over Kuwait. Believed to be a case of friendly fire.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028392100992102798

 

[Berlin]

I must admit, I’d bee peeing my pants on this LH flight right now. That’s quite a dare!

 

[Berlin]

Looks like Abu Dhabi is trying their luck already. First that LH flight, now this A380 beauty to London readiing for take off.




Looks like this will all normalise rather sooner than later after all.

 

[SCM]

Like this ?

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Yes precisely, what's the big deal with not resuming the rest of the flights?

 

[exLXCXFF]

If you go onto the departures website of Abu Dhabi airport, you see that quite a handful check-in is open.

 

[justinbrett]

EK and EY both renewed their suspensions for another 24 hours (next update tomorrow evening our time)

 

[Harrison_133]

Looks like Abu Dhabi is trying their luck already. First that LH flight, now this A380 beauty to London readiing for take off.


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Looks like this will all normalise rather sooner than later after all.

Just pushed back from the gate.

 

[pollitt1985]

That LH A380 has been in Abu Dhabi maintenance since November 2025. I’m sure it flew out empty of pax. Looks like it took off and rapidly went up to 40000ft so probably quite light

 

[lovestotravel]

Looks like Abu Dhabi is trying their luck already. First that LH flight, now this A380 beauty to London readiing for take off.


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Looks like this will all normalise rather sooner than later after all.

Yep she's on the move now too

 

[AuSammy]

That LH A380 has been in Abu Dhabi maintenance since November 2025. I’m sure it flew out empty of pax. Looks like it took off and rapidly went up to 40000ft so probably quite light

I suspect all the departures being mentioned are empty repositioning flights.

 

[lovestotravel]

Quite a few planes showing up now!

 

[Berlin]

Yea- might be. It’s just that AUH looks suddenly quite busy while pretty much nothing at DOH or DXB yet…

 

[lovestotravel]

If my glass was half full, they could be flying them out to keep them safe.........

 

[AuSammy]

Official websites for DXB and AUH showing zero passenger departures today

 

[lovestotravel]

The answer we wanted is here - Limited repat flights..

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/37625427-post70.html