"Over 12,000 flights were canceled in and out of the region between Saturday and Monday, affecting more than 1 million passengers, according to Cirium, an aviation analytics firm. Many of those passengers would have been transiting through huge hub airports in Qatar and the UAE, or stopping over briefly, when the attacks shut down much of the region's airspace."
"The US State Department has told its citizens to evacuate "by commercial means," as multiple embassies tell Americans they can't help them get out. Emirates and Etihad Airways, both based in the UAE, began operating repatriation flights on Monday. However, none of them went to North America."
"Italy sent diplomats and teams of its Carabinieri military police to the region. It's transporting people by bus from the UAE to Oman, from which it has chartered flights to bring them to Italy. France is preparing to charter flights to evacuate its "most vulnerable" citizens in the Middle East."
Iranian strikes disrupted Middle Eastern air travel, canceling over 12,000 flights between Saturday and Monday and affecting more than 1 million passengers. Major hub airports in Qatar and the UAE experienced significant closures. The US State Department instructed citizens to evacuate by commercial means, with multiple embassies unable to provide assistance. Emirates and Etihad Airways initiated repatriation flights, though none served North America. In contrast, several governments organized evacuation efforts: Italy transported people by bus to Oman for chartered flights home, France prepared to charter flights for vulnerable citizens, and Israel arranged alternative routing through Egypt and Jordan for citizens stranded in Europe.
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