"More than 23,000 flights have been cancelled globally since Iran's first retaliatory strike, according to data from flight analytics platform Cirium. Those cancellations-including in key hubs such as Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Doha-have stranded hundreds of thousands of travelers in the area."
"We have not seen anything like this ever outside of, frankly, the Covid pandemic, and that was very different. That was a health-related issue, and where travel was prohibited. This is obviously a war, a military conflict, and this has destabilized travel on the six populated continent."
"MSC Cruise said on Thursday it would charter five flights, each carrying about 1,000 passengers, to repatriate its guests on the MSC Euribia, a 6,300-person capacity ship which remained docked in Dubai as a result of the conflict."
Missile debris from U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran and Iranian counterattacks struck Dubai's Palm Jumeirah, injuring four people and damaging luxury hotels. The conflict triggered unprecedented travel disruptions, with over 23,000 flights cancelled globally, particularly affecting major hubs like Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Doha. Hundreds of thousands of travelers remain stranded, with some paying over $200,000 for chartered flights to Europe. MSC Cruise chartered five flights to repatriate 5,000 passengers from its docked ship and cancelled three March sailings. These disruptions represent among the largest the $11.7 trillion travel industry has experienced outside the COVID-19 pandemic.
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