Flights to the Middle East have resumed, but travel chaos is nowhere near over

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An Emirates Airbus A380 passenger aircraft prepares for landing at Dubai International Airport in Dubai on March 8, 2026.
An Emirates Airbus A380 prepares to land in Dubai.

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Maps show how Muscat became the center of Middle East air travel when the region's biggest airports closed

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Austria's Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger welcomes passengers upon the arrival of a charter plane carrying Austrian nationals evacuated from Muscat, at Vienna International Airport, on March 4, 2026
Austria's foreign minister welcomed passengers arriving in Vienna on a charter flight from Muscat.

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These airlines are sending rescue flights to the Middle East, where thousands of travelers remain stuck

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Flightradar24 screenshot of planes around the UAE.
Several airlines are flying select flights to and from the UAE.

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The Iran conflict triggered some of the longest-ever flights to nowhere, with 2 planes returning to their bases after 16 hours

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An Emirates Airbus A380-800 bound for Dubai departs Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, on February 26, 2026.
An Emirates Airbus A380, like the one that returned to Auckland.

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Flight diversion map: See where flights are getting rerouted to in the aftermath of the attacks on Iran

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A list of canceled flights at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon on February 28, 2026.
A list of canceled flights from the main airport in Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday.

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Elon Musk wants to dominate the in-flight internet market. Here are all the airlines that now offer Starlink WiFi.

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A passenger using a laptop in British Airways business class
British Airways announced a deal with Starlink in November.

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Where you can fly on the Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger jet, this winter

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An Airbus A380 of the airline Emirates takes off from the runway of the Airbus plant in Finkenwerder in 2021
Emirates owns nearly 10 times as many Airbus A380s as any other airline.

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2 people died after a cargo plane skidded off the runway and hit a car at Hong Kong's airport

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A cargo plane lies partially in the sea after veering off the runway during landing at Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, China, October 20, 2025
A cargo plane skidded off the runway while landing at Hong Kong International Airport on Monday, October 20.

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Boeing's CEO says it might have to delay its much-anticipated new plane, the 777X, once again

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Kelly Ortberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Boeing Company, testifies during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on Boeing, in Washington, DC on April 2, 2025.
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg.

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Emirates becomes the biggest airline to crack down on power banks, after a fire underscored the danger

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The sixth flight of the Emirates Airbus A350-941 takes place at Toulouse Blagnac Airport in Toulouse, France, on June 24, 2025
Emirates has the fourth-largest network in the world by seat miles.

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