As Dubai continues to be rocked by explosions from Iranian missiles, Dubai International Airport (DXB), the world's busiest airport by international passenger traffic as of 2024, has been massively affected. Flight tracking data from FlightRadar24 has revealed that as of 8am Gulf Standard Time (GMT+4), an incredible 206 arrivals into the UAE city were cancelled from across the globe, sparking travel chaos for hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people.
Aviation giant Emirates, based in Dubai and operating its main hub at Terminal 3 of the airport, axed all flights in and out of the city on Saturday (February 28). According to the latest travel information on the airline's website, "all scheduled Emirates flights to and from Dubai remain suspended until 2359hrs UAE time on March 7, due to airspace closures across the region". It added that it continues to operate "a limited flight schedule", and is "accommodating customers with earlier bookings as a priority" on these flights.
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Emirates is urging customers not to go to the airport unless they have been notified directly by the airline or hold a confirmed flight booking.
"Emirates continues to monitor the situation, and we will develop our operational schedule accordingly. The latest flight updates will be published on our website."
"Customers are advised to check flight status, review the latest operational updates on emirates.com, and check their email for any notifications about changes or cancellations to their flights before travelling to the airport. We would like to thank our customers for their understanding and patience. The safety and security of our passengers and crew remain our highest priority."
According to FlightRadar24, as of 8am local time, a total of 105 Emirates flights were cancelled on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Emirati government-owned airline, Flydubai, also based in Dubai and operating out of Terminal 2, cancelled a total of 35 flights, from Riyadh, Istanbul, Colombo, Doha, Dhaka, Baku and others. The airline joined a number of other airlines, including Etihad, Qatar Airways and Middle Eastern to launch a limited number of outbound flights on March 2.
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Arrivals at Dubai International Airport (DXB) up to 8am UTC+4 on March 4
- KLM KL427; Amsterdam (AMS)
- China Southern CZ383; Guangzhou (CAN) - Unknown status
- Emirates EK90; Geneva (GVA)
- Emirates EK158; Stockholm (ARN)
- Emirates EK603; Karachi (KHI)
- Flydubai FZ728; Istanbul (IST)
- Emirates EK60; Hamburg (HAM)
- Emirates EK152; Copenhagen (CPH)
- Emirates EK136; Venice (VCE)
- Emirates EK148; Amsterdam (AMS)
- Flydubai FZ856; Riyadh (RUH)
- Emirates EK142; Madrid (MAD)
- Emirates EK36; Newcastle (NCL)
- Emirates EK184; Brussels (BRU)
- Emirates EK210; Athens (ATH)
- Biman Bangladesh Airlines BG347; Dhaka (DAC) - Unknown status
- Kenya Airways BG347; Nairobi (NBO) - Unknown status
- Emirates EK256; Barcelona (BCN)
- Flydubai FZ8572; Colombo (CMB)
- Emirates EK248; Rio de Janeiro (GIG)
- Emirates EK2; London Heathrow (LHR)
- Emirates EK924; Cairo (CAI)
- Emirates EK40; Birmingham (BHX)
- Emirates EK162; Dublin (DUB)
- Emirates EK547; Chennai (MAA)
- Emirates EK655; Colombo (CMB)
- Emirates EK954; Beirut (BEY)
- Flydubai FZ20; Doha (DOH)
- Emirates EK28; Glasgow (GLA)
- Emirates EK110; Larnaca (LCA)
- spiceJet SG13; Mumbai (BOM)
- Emirates EK66; London Stansted (STN)
- Emirates EK186; Barcelona (BCN)
- Emirates EK192; Lisbon (LIS)
- Emirates EK355; Singapore (SIN)
- Emirates EK373; Bangkok (BKK)
- Emirates EK773; Cape Town (CPT)
- Emirates EK369; Denpasar (DPS)
- Emirates EK758; Algiers (ALG)
- Saudia SV584; Riyadh (RUH)
- Turkish Airlines TK760; Istanbul (IST) - Unknown status
- Royal Brunei Airlines BI97; Brunei (BWN) - Unknown status
- Emirates EK388; Angeles City (CRK)
- Emirates EK710; Mauritius (MRU)
- Emirates EK112; Istanbul (IST) - Unknown status
- Air India Express IX239; Goa (GOI) - Unknown status
- Emirates EK822; Dammam (DMM)
- Flydubai FZ524; Dhaka (DAC)
- Flydubai FZ734; Baku (GYD) - Unknown status
- Emirates EK752; Casablanca (CMN)
- Flydubai FZ648; Addis Ababa (ADD) - Unknown status
- spiceJet SG18; Cochin (COK)
- Emirates EK653; Male (MLE)
- Pegasus PC740; Istanbul (SAW)
- IndiGo 6E1483; Pune (PNQ)
- Saudia SV598; Jeddah (JED)
- Flydubai FZ160; Beirut (BEY)
- Emirates EK30; London Heathrow (LHR)
- spiceJet SG53; Zozhikode (CCJ) - Unknown status
- Pakistan International Airlines PK179; Sialkot (SKT)
- AJet VF143; Istanbul (SAW) - Unknown status
- SunExpress XQ208; Antalya (ANT)
- Flydubai FZ1482; Krabi (KBV) - Unknown status
- Flydubai FZ1570; Male (MLE)
- Ethiopian Airlines ET600; Addis Ababa (ADD)
- Flydubai FZ808; Heddah (JED)
- Flydubai FZ144; Amman (AMM)
- Air France AF660; Paris (CDG)
- Himalaya Airlines H9765 - Unknown status
- Turkish Airlines TK758; Istanbul (IST) - Unknown status
- Flydubai FZ1302; Tel Aviv (TVL)
- Emirates EK397; Phuket (HKT)
- airblue PA210; Islamabad (ISB)
- Kuwait KU677; Kuwait City (KWI)
- Gulf Air GF500; Bahrain (BAH)
- Flydubai FZ1290; Mombasa (MBA)
- Flydubai FZ574; Kathmandu (KTM)
- Qatar Airways QR1002; Doha (DOH)
- Air India Express IX345; Kozhikode (CCJ)
- spiceJet SG59; Mumbai (BOM)
- Flydubai FZ646; Asmara (ASM)
- Flydubai FZ1688; Zanzibar (ZNZ)
- IndiGo 6E1477; Ahmedabad (AMD)
- Emirates EK353; Singapore (SIN)
- Emirates EK786; Lagos (LOS)
- Ethiopian Airlines AT612; Addis Ababa (ADD)
- Emirates EJ607; Karachi (KHI)
- Royal Jordanian RJ612; Amman (AMM)
- Flydubai FZ176; Alexandria (HBE)
- Emirates EK708; Ho Chi Minh (SGN)
- Emirates EK708; Victoria (SEZ)
- Emirates EK585; Dhaka (DAC)
- Pakistan International Airlines PK233; Islamabad (ISB)
- Emirates EK417; Sydney (SYD)
- Flydubai FZ1626; Tel Aviv (TVL)
- Air India Express IX529; Thiruvananthapuram International Airport (TRV)
- Emirates EK794; Luanda (NBJ)
- Emirates EK343; Juala Lumpur (KUL)
- Emirates EK722; Nairobi (NBO)
- Flydubai FZ828; Medina (MED)
- Emirates EK335; Manila (MNL)
- Emirates EK118; Istanbul (IST)
- Emirates EK367; Taipei (TPE)
- Saudia SV590; Jeddah (JED0
- Emirates EK395; Hanoi (HAN)
- Emirates EK385; Bangkok (BKK) - Unknown status
- Flydubai FZ332; Karachi (KHI - Unknown status
- Flydubai FZ872; Al-Qassim (ELQ)
- Emirates EK363; Guangzhou (CAN)
- Emirates EK323; Seoul (ICN)
- Emirates EK764; Johannesburg (JNB)
- Emirates EK704; Mauritius (MRU) - Unknown status
- airblue PA410; Lahore (LHE)
- Emirates EK303; Shanghai (PVG)
- Flydubai FZ1808; Tel Aviv (TVL)
- Flydubai FZ570; Colombo (CMB) - Unknown status
- Emirates KW413; Sydney (SYD)
- Emirates EK449; Auckland (AKL)
- Emirates EK441 Adelaide (ADL)
- Flydubai FZ454; Cochin (COK)
- Emirates EK327; Osaka (KIX)
- Emirates EK329; Shenzhen (SZX)
- Emirates EK421; Perth (PER)
- Emirates EK619; Sialkot (SKT)
- Emirates EK776; Rurban (DUR)
- Flydubai FZ844; Riyadh (EUH)
- Flydubai FZ436; Hyderabad (HYD)
- Emirates EK307; Beijing (PEK)
- Emirates EK359; Jakarta (CGK)
- Emirates EK96; Rome (FCO)
- Emirates EK319; Tokyo (NRT)
- Emirates EK435; Brisbane (BNE)
- Flydubai FZ1840; Warsaw (WAW) - Unknown status
- Emirates EK381; Hong Kong (HKG)
- Emirates EK407; Melbourne (MEL)
- Emirates EK399; Denpasar (DPS)
- Emirates EK649; Colombo (CMB)
- Kenya Airways KQ304; Nairobi (NBO)
- Emirates EK867; Muscat (MCT)
- Emirates EK32; London Heathrow (LHR)
- Emirates EK188; Barcelona (BCN)
- Emirates EK377; Bangkok (BKK)
- Emirates EK623; Lahore (LHE)
- Emirates EK771; Cape Town (CPT)
- Emirates EK182; Brussels (BRU)
- Emirates EK311; Hangzhou (HGH)
- Emirates EK349; Singapore (SIN)
- Emirates EK501; Mumbai (BOM) - Unknown status
- Emirates EK836; Bahrain (BAH)
- Flydubai FZ1796; Bucharest (OTP)
- Emirates EK84; Geneva (GVA)
- Emirates EK387; Taipei (TPE)
- Emirates EK926; Cairo (CAI)
- Flydubai FZ192; Giza (SPX)
- flynas XY215; Riyadh (RUH)
- Emirates EK539; Ahmedabad (AMD)
- Emirates EK906; Amman (AMM)
- Emirates EK58; Düsseldorf (DUS)
- Emirates EK126; Vienna (VIE)
- Emirates EK176; St. Petersburg (LED)
- Emirates EK714; Lusaka (LUN)
- Emirates EK92; Milan (MXP)
- Emirates EK62; Hamburg (HAM)
- Emirates EK371; Bangkok (BKK)
- Emirates EK543; Chennai (MAA)
- Emirates EK48; Frankfurt (FRA)
- Emirates EK52; Munich (MUC) - Unknown status
- Emirates EK525; Hyderabad (HYD)
- Flydubai FZ1750; Belgrade (BEG) - Unknown status
- Flydubai FZ770; Samarkand (SKD)
- Emirates EK816; Riyadh (RUH)
- Turkish Airlines TK762; Istanbul (IST) - Unknown status
- Emirates EK788; Accra (ACC)
- Emirates EK313; Tokyo (HND)
- Flydubai FZ732; Ashgabat (ASB)
- Flydubai FZ1942; Tashkent (TAS)
- Emirates EK405; Melbourne (MEL)
- Emirates EK86; Zurich (ZRH)
- Emirates EK533; Cochin (COK)
- Emirates EK68; London Stansted (STN)
- Emirates EK569; Bengaluru (BLR)
- Flydubai FZ952; Moscow (VKO) - Unknown status
- Emirates EK523; Thiruvananthapuram (TRV)
- Flydubai FZ446; Mumbai (BOM)
- Emirates EK4; London Heathrow (LHR)
- Emirates EK10; London Gatwick (LGW)
- Emirates EK76; Paris (CDG)
- Flydubai FZ756; Istanbul (IST)
- Flydubai FZ1782; Prague (PRG) - Unknown status
- Emirates EK150; Amsterdam (AMS)
- Flydubai FZ778; Dushanbe (DYU)
- Emirates EK144; Madrid (MAD)
- Flydubai FZ1786; Krakow (KRK)
- Flydubai FZ994; Makhachkala (MCX)
- Air Algerie AH4062; Algiers (ALG) - Unknown status
- Emirates EK797; Dakar (DSS)
- Emirates EK38; Birmingham (BHX)
- Flydubai FZ988; Moscow (VKO) - Unknown status
- Emirates EK20; Manchester (MAN)
- Flydubai FZ1722; Almaty (ALA)
- Flydubai FZ850; Riyadh (RUH)
- Flydubai FZ978; Mineralnye Vody (MRV)
- airBaltic BT791; Riga (RIX)
- Flydubai FZ986; Ufa (UFA)
- Flydubai FZ992; St. Petersburg (LED)
- Emirates EK244; Montreal (YUL)