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Sat, 07 Mar 2026

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 Emirates resumes some Dubai flights – what's the latest on travel to UK?

New flights to the UK from the Middle East follow days of widespread air travel disruption which had left Britons stranded.
Etihad: Operating limited flights to London Heathrow, Manchester, Barcelona, Brussels, Dublin, Rome, Paris, and Milan starting from Friday; passengers with previous bookings will be prioritized Emirates: Operating limited commercial flights from Dubai to Manchester, Birmingham, London Heathrow, London Gatwick, and Edinburgh on Friday and Saturday; customers with earlier bookings will be prioritized Government chartered flight lands at Gatwick Airport carrying UK nationals from Middle East Etihad and Emirates working to restore full network operations following partial reopening of regional airspace Thousands of flights in Middle East cancelled due to US-Israeli strikes on Iran and retaliatory strikes by Iran Commercial flights "by far the most likely and the most rapid" routes out, says Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy