Middle East Airspace Diversions/Cancellations

[BeverleyT]

I was booked to fly Emirates via Dubai 24 June. I have just cancelled my flight and they have given me a full refund.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Interesting to note that the UK Foreign Office has most of the ME as limited to ‘essential travel’
rather than ‘do not travel’ (so amber instead of red).

 

[transpactraveller]

Interesting to note that the UK Foreign Office has most of the ME as limited to ‘essential travel’
rather than ‘do not travel’ (so amber instead of red).

Same as the US and Canada, and European countries.

All have dropped back to their 2nd highest level, variations of avoid non-essential travel or reconsider your need to travel, but not the top level "do not travel" that Australia (& NZ) persists with.

Perhaps we know something that other countries don't.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Perhaps we know something that other countries don't.

Or perhaps we don’t.. but should

 

[2tall4Y]

I was booked to fly Emirates via Dubai 24 June. I have just cancelled my flight and they have given me a full refund.

Thank you for sharing your experience.

Could you please share which flights you were booked to travel on via Dubai? I'd also be interested to know how you went about requesting the cancellation and refund - did you do this over the phone or via the online form on emirates.com (or some other method)?

My own situation is that I am booked to fly SYD-DXB-LGW (EK417 and EK15) on 30 June and will be cancelling these flights as I've got alternatives booked via BKK. Hoping to avoid cancellation fees of circa $2,000 (that's for 3 pax).

 

[BeverleyT]

Thank you for sharing your experience.

Could you please share which flights you were booked to travel on via Dubai? I'd also be interested to know how you went about requesting the cancellation and refund - did you do this over the phone or via the online form on emirates.com (or some other method)?

My own situation is that I am booked to fly SYD-DXB-LGW (EK417 and EK15) on 30 June and will be cancelling these flights as I've got alternatives booked via BKK. Hoping to avoid cancellation fees of circa $2,000 (that's for 3 pax).

I live in Mel. I am flying to Paris via Singapore. My Emirates business class ticket for 24 June was for part of the trip, SIN-DXB-CDG.

I requested the refund via the online form on Emirates.com.

My original fare said a penalty of US$375 would apply to cancellation, but Emirates chose to waive this and gave me a full refund much to my surprise.

The refund was processed in 2 business days.

Hope this helps.

 

[tomlee1986]

CX could cut flights in September IF the fuel prices stay high - this is according to. their CEO TODAY!

CEO Ronald Lam: CX May Cut Some Flights in Sep If Fuel Prices Stay High

If fuel prices remain elevated, CATHAY PAC AIR (00293.HK) may reduce some flights in September, ...

www.aastocks.com

 

[Saab34]

Seems likely that pricing is going to stay high for the rest of the year. Everytime someone launches rockets it seem to only delay any solution to all this.

 

[tomlee1986]

Seems likely that pricing is going to stay high for the rest of the year. Everytime someone launches rockets it seem to only delay any solution to all this.

We saw that happen again today with more airstrikes - this will not end for years

 

[Larko1]

I transited DXB Monday 02 June and it was heaving with Pax.
Staff said getting very busy again

 

[kpc]

The ABC news tonight reporting that the Israelis have retaliated against Iran after Iran bombarded Israel with missiles overnght despite Trump asking Netanyahu to show restraint....all out war is not far way!

I would not fly through the ME for the forseeable future even if the flights were free!

 

[fletty]

Flew through on the 4th June and all was smooth and quiet. Our flights were mostly full, don't see it deterring many in the scheme of things.

 

[Bundy Bear]

The ABC news tonight reporting that the Israelis have retaliated against Iran after Iran bombarded Israel with missiles overnght despite Trump asking Netanyahu to show restraint....all out war is not far way!

I would not fly through the ME for the forseeable future even if the flights were free!

Free flights I would take the risk.
I am heading to Berlin in September and Qatar was the best option all the other options involve detours via other European cities.

 

[2tall4Y]

My own situation is that I am booked to fly SYD-DXB-LGW (EK417 and EK15) on 30 June and will be cancelling these flights as I've got alternatives booked via BKK. Hoping to avoid cancellation fees of circa $2,000 (that's for 3 pax).

A couple of days after posting the above, I noticed in Manage Booking that one our inbound flights (EK44 FRA-DXB on 24 July) had been cancelled and received an email from Emirates yesterday with proposed alternative flights.

I rang Emirates this morning and despite the warning about higher than usual call volumes, I got through to a rep straight away. The first rep had to transfer me through to the disruptions team but that only took about a minute, and then my eligibility for a full refund was quickly confirmed and I was asked to complete the online form at www.emirates.com/refund to get the refund processed. I received a confirmation email shortly after submitting the refund form and the booking has already disappeared from the Emirates app.

I am positively surprised how quick and easy the process was. I will follow up here with a data point on how long it takes to actually receive the refund.

 

[elanshin]

Lots of news reporting (including Iranian side) that a very real peace deal might be signed soon. Leaving the politics of that deal aside, the end of this chapter might be coming to a close soon (hopefully).

 

[kpc]

Lots of news reporting (including Iranian side) that a very real peace deal might be signed soon. Leaving the politics of that deal aside, the end of this chapter might be coming to a close soon (hopefully).

Let's see how long the peace deal lasts....*I hope for a very long time but I'm not hopeful...

 

[MELso]

Let's see how long the peace deal lasts....*I hope for a very long time but I'm not hopeful...

Definite 'peace in our time!' vibes about it. Apparently Rubio and Hegseth were against it, so we'll see I guess.

 

[Happy Dude]

Lots of news reporting (including Iranian side) that a very real peace deal might be signed soon. Leaving the politics of that deal aside, the end of this chapter might be coming to a close soon (hopefully).

We can be forgiven for assuming this is yet another TACO statement. Hopefully it means the ME3 can get back to business.

 

[elanshin]

We can be forgiven for assuming this is yet another TACO statement. Hopefully it means the ME3 can get back to business.

As i mentioned, don't really want to get into the politics of it all as theres a lot to unpack on that side and AFF isn't for political debates.

But yes hopefully from an aviation pov it means ME3 can get back to business - that said I think they're still in for a bit of a brutal time on some routes people will still inevitably choose not to fly with them as much.