Overview
- Dubai residents received phone alerts urging immediate shelter as authorities reported intercepting multiple missiles and drones, and debris earlier injured four people on Palm Jumeirah.
- More than 23,000 flights have been cancelled worldwide since Iran’s retaliatory strikes, with Dubai and other hubs running constrained operations and Dubai Airports handling over 1,140 flights in an 84‑hour window.
- Emirates is operating a reduced schedule to 82 destinations and Etihad plans limited services through March 19, while Qatar’s main hub remains closed with relief flights routed via Oman and Saudi Arabia.
- An Air France government-chartered repatriation flight turned back due to missile activity and a Lufthansa jet diverted to Cairo, as Europe’s regulator extended a high‑risk warning for the region to March 11.
- Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has largely stalled and oil prices have jumped, prompting South Korea to issue a Level‑1 energy alert and prepare measures to secure supplies and curb price gouging.