Thousands of Brits were left stranded following the outbreak of the Middle East conflict but now British Airways has announced it will suspend its daily rescue flights from Muscat
A major airline has given an update on its rescue flights with the Middle East conflict continuing to rage.
There have been thousands of Brits who were left stranded in the region following the outbreak of the conflict but now 11 days on, British Airways has announced it will suspend its daily rescue flights from Muscat “due to reduced demand”.
It added that the suspension of its flights to the rest of the region will continue until at least later this month because of “the continuing uncertainty of the situation in the Middle East and airspace instability”.
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The airline said: “We’ve cancelled all flights to and from Amman, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai and Tel Aviv until later this month and to and from Abu Dhabi until later this year.
“We’re keeping the situation under constant review and are in touch with our customers to offer them a range of options.
“We have limited seats remaining on our repatriation flights from Oman (Muscat) to London Heathrow on 11 and 12 March for customers with an existing booking. Following these dates, the flights will pause due to reduced demand but will be kept under continuous review.”
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