UAE flights disrupted: Etihad anticipates disruption for coming days
Etihad Airways anticipates flight disruption for "coming days", as airspace closes around the region, after an Iranian attack on Al Udeid US air base in Qatar.
' Etihad Airways is rerouting a number of its flights on Monday 23 June and Tuesday 24 June in response to airspace restrictions in parts of the Middle East,' an Etihad Airways representative confirmed to The National on Monday.
'This is a developing situation and the airline is continuously monitoring security and airspace updates. This is likely to cause some disruption and delay to a number of flights over the coming days.'
The airline urged passengers to to check the status of their flight online.
"Etihad Airways flights only operate through approved airspace, safety is always our highest priority and we would never operate a flight unless it was safe to do so," the airline representative said.
At the time of writing, several flights were on track to land at Abu Dhabi's Zayed International Airport, including Etihad flight EY477 from Denpasar to Abu Dhabi, which is on track to land at 11.30pm GST.
Other flights have been rerouted. Etihad flight EY289, from Lahore to Abu Dhabi, has been rerouted to Karachi; and EY241 from Ahmedabad to Abu Dhabi has returned to Ahmedabad.
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