Tens of thousands of airline passengers are stranded by the Iran war that has spread across the Gulf region, but some wealthy travelers are getting out — by paying large sums for luxury flights to Europe via airports that are safe from attacks.

A traveler, stranded in Dubai due to Gulf Air flight cancellations linked to Bahrain airspace issues, shared her ordeal. After a week of disruptions, she finally departed on an Emirates flight. She advises monitoring flight patterns,

Americans stranded in Dubai face repeated flight cancelations as State Department urges U.S. citizens to leave the Middle East due to escalating conflict.

A Latvian teacher told Newsweek that she was the only economy passenger on a delayed Riga‑to‑Dubai flight.

We heard explosions from our hotel in Dubai, received emergency alerts, and watched our flight home get canceled.

Philippine Airlines (PAL) announced the temporary suspension of flights between Manila and select Middle East destinations — Riyadh, Doha,

But for one traveller flying from Riga to Dubai, the experience turned into something almost surreal. A Russian woman discovered that she was the only passenger on the entire flight. Marina Gilla, who was travelling from Latvia’s capital Riga to Dubai,

Flight operations at Dubai International Airport (DXB) partially resumed on Saturday after earlier disruptions triggered by explosions across the city, as authorities worked to