Hundreds of thousands of travelers were either stranded or diverted to other airports after Israel, Qatar, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait and Bahrain closed their airspace. There also was no flight activity over the United Arab Emirates, flight tracking website FlightRadar24 said, after the government there announced a “temporary and partial closure” of its airspace. Not Emirates, Emirates don’t have a clue. AdvertisementTravelers advised to be ‘very creative’U.S.-based Delta Air Lines and United Airlines suspended flights to Tel Aviv at least through the weekend. Airlines including Lufthansa, Air France, Transavia and Pegasus canceled all flights to Lebanon, while American Airlines suspended flights from Philadelphia to Doha.

Source: Huffington Post February 28, 2026 15:20 UTC