More Stranded Travellers Evacuated From Middle East
Naija News • 2h ago
More relieved passengers arrived home from the Gulf region on Wednesday as further flights resumed five days into the war triggered by US-Israeli attacks on Iran.
Aviation analytics company Cirium said that of the more than 36,000 flights scheduled to fly to or from the Middle East, more than 20,000 had been cancelled since Saturday.
As airlines resumed limited flights out of hubs including Dubai and Riyadh, governments also chartered planes to bring home citizens affected by the turmoil, which stranded tens of thousands of travellers worldwide.
Passengers touching down at airports in Australia, France, Germany, India, Russia, Taiwan, and beyond told of sleepless nights and days-long ordeals to get out of the Middle East when war erupted.
Max Lin, a student from Taiwan, was riding a mo...