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Al Arabiya
15 minutes ago
- Business
- Al Arabiya
Breaking: Emirates airline extends suspension of flights to and from Tehran
Emirates extended its cancellation of flights to and from Iran's capital Tehran until July 5 due to the 'regional situation,' it said in a statement on Saturday. The Dubai-based airline said it will recommence operations to Baghdad on July 1 and Basra on July 2.
South China Morning Post
5 hours ago
- South China Morning Post
Dozens left stranded by Hong Kong's Cathay after flight from New York cancelled
Dozens of angry passengers were left without accommodation after Cathay Pacific Airways cancelled a flight from New York to Hong Kong at the last minute because of a 'technical issue', the Post has learned, and the airline must now submit an investigation report to aviation authorities. The cancellation, which was announced to affected passengers an hour after flight CX843 was scheduled to depart at 1.55am (New York time), left passengers scrambling to find hotels without any offer of support from the airline, according to affected users on social media. They were later told to board another flight a day and a half later. The Civil Aviation Department (CAD) told the Post this week that Cathay had notified it about the incident and would 'submit an investigation report in accordance with the reporting system under the Air Navigation (Hong Kong) Order 1995.' The regulation outlines a mandatory reporting system for incidents and occurrences related to aircraft operations in Hong Kong, requiring airlines to report specified incidents to the CAD within 96 hours. 'The CAD will continue to closely monitor the operating and maintenance standards of our local airlines to ensure that the relevant safety standards and requirements are met,' it said. Images posted by an angry passenger on Chinese social media platform RedNote showed dozens of customers surrounding Cathay staff at John F. Kennedy International Airport's gate counter in New York and inquiring about the flight last Saturday.
Yahoo
13 hours ago
- Yahoo
Aussie tourists warned over 'Trump travel tax' as missile threats continue
Sitting at my boarding gate doomscrolling social media, I saw the worst possible alert appear in my feed. After Googling my flight out of Madrid the previous night to learn it was cancelled, I had already scrambled to get a new flight to Barcelona to begin my journey back home to Australia. But things were about to get really bad. Sitting in Doha International Airport in Qatar with about 30 minutes left to board my Sydney-bound flight, I read a tweet saying the Qatari government had just closed the country's airspace due to imminent missile launches from Iran targeting US military bases in the country. None of the passengers around me knew it yet – and there was certainly no announcement over the loud speaker at the airport – but we were about to find ourselves in the middle of what the airline would later call "one of the most severe and complex operational challenges in modern aviation history". The airport is one of the world's busiest and most connected global aviation hubs. At the time, over 90 Qatar Airways flights carrying more than 20,000 passengers to Doha, were forced to divert immediately. Inside the airport, there was some 10,000 passengers with the airline now in complete limbo. Slowly it became clear no one was going anywhere. And nobody had any answers about when we could or how exactly that would happen. RELATED: Advice to Aussie travellers heading to Europe and Middle East Qatar Airways said it deployed extra staff to deal with the massive disruption but at the same time some of the flight crews had timed out of legal operating hours. At one point, myself and countless other trying to get back to Sydney queued for hours on hopes of being issued a new boarding pass only for that queue to be told to disband and move further down the terminal empty handed. "Someone had to step up." As people grew increasingly agitated by the lack of information, things started unravelling and passengers were forced to help take control of the situation. I soon found myself standing behind the desks of frantic airline staff as a Danish passenger (who was moving to Sydney for two years) and I passed along new boarding tickets from a nearby desk where they were slowly being spat out down to the counter where a sole Qatar Airways employee was processing each new traveller. An Australian woman, who had taken it upon herself to make a list of passenger details and bring some order to the chaos, stood next to worker at the desk facilitating the whole thing. She later told me she has such a bad back that she sometimes requires a wheelchair. "Someone had to step up," she said. As I waited for my boarding pass behind the staff desks watching the queues of desperate travellers, at one point I accidentally lent up against the door setting off an alarm. It spoke to the craziness of the moment that most people barely seemed to notice the extra noise. While the Qatar Airways staff member did an incredible job, there was a severe lack of leadership on the ground and zero proactive communication to stranded customers. Some airport staff appeared more concerned about instructing passengers to delete videos they witnessed them taking of the chaotic scenes inside the airport. Once airspace reopened shortly after midnight on Tuesday (local time) diverted aircraft began returning to the hub. In the words of Qatar Airways CEO Badr Mohammed Al-Meer in a self-congratulatory statement on Thursday, "each arrival [was] a step towards reassembling our operation." About 36 hours after arriving in Doha, I touched down in Sydney after being one of the lucky passengers to get on the next available flight. According to reports, the missiles that brought the global travel hub to a halt were largely a symbolic act of retribution from Iran against US president Trump's air strikes on nuclear facilities in the country. For some, it was another example of how perhaps no one is immune to the vicissitudes of Donald Trump's return to power and the newly unpredictable nature of the White House and its foreign policy. Due to the Trump administration's brutal border regime which is detaining and deporting people, including an Australian journalist recently, travellers have been warned about preparing themselves for difficulties when entering the US, but those travelling elsewhere can still feel his impact. It must be said the man likes a tax. Usually on his own consumers in the form of a tariff. Trump also wants to tax foreign holders of US assets with a new law contained in the so-called 'big beautiful bill' (something that could hit your superannuation account, although Trump appeared to back away from that on Friday). And as missiles continue to fly in the Middle East and Iran on Friday threatened to keep attacking US bases, perhaps you could call this current airspace instability a kind of Trump travel tax. Myself and countless others paid it in full this week. Do you have a story tip? Email: newsroomau@ You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube.
The Independent
a day ago
- The Independent
Video shows bear block airport runway as flights cancelled
A black bear caused significant disruption at Yamagata Airport in Japan on Thursday, June 26. The bear was seen running on the tarmac, prompting airport staff to attempt to remove it. The incident resulted in the cancellation of 12 flights, as the airport was unable to accommodate arrivals. Police and hunters were dispatched to the airport to assist in capturing the animal. Watch the full video above.
CNN
a day ago
- CNN
Bear on runway forces flight cancellations in Japan
A bear running around the runway at Japan's Yamagata Airport has forced staff to cancel flights on Thursday. Traps set up near the runway have failed to catch the bear but will remain in place, according to airport officials. Flights departing from and arriving at Yamagata Airport on Friday are operating as usual.
