Airlines suspend flights: Gulf countries close airspace
28 February 16:01
Qatar, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates have closed their airspace following reports of explosions in the region. Airlines are canceling flights.
This was reported by The Guardian, according to "Komersant Ukrainian".
It is noted that the countries closed their airspace amid reports of explosions in Abu Dhabi in the UAE, Manama in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar, following Iran’s missile launches.
The publication also reports that even before the closure of airspace, airlines suspended their own flights in the region.
Hungarian carrier Wizz Air has suspended all flights to and from Israel, Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the UAE, and Amman in Jordan from today until March 7.
Germany’s Lufthansa has suspended flights to and from Dubai, Tel Aviv in Israel, Beirut in Lebanon, and Muscat in Oman this weekend.
Dutch airline KLM has canceled flights from Amsterdam to Tel Aviv.
Oman Air has suspended all flights to Iran and Israel.
Kuwait has suspended all flights to Iran until further notice.
Israel has canceled all civilian flights and closed its airspace.
Strike on Iran
As a reminder, today, February 28, Israel launched a preemptive strike on Iran to eliminate security threats.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced the introduction of an “immediate state of emergency throughout the country.” According to him, a preemptive strike on Iran was necessary to neutralize existing threats to the state of Israel.
It is known that the attack on Iran is a joint operation by Israel and the United States.
US President Donald Trump said that the United States had launched a military campaign in Iran to eliminate threats from the current regime. The main goal of the operation is to protect the American people and allies.
In response, Iran fired missiles toward Israeli territory.
