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Global Flight Cancellations Top 27,000. Here Are the Airlines Affected.
Stranded passengers following flight cancellations outside the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on March 3.
Photographer: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty ImagesThe financial and logistical troubles the Iran war is causing for the global aviation industry are compounding by the day, with the number of canceled flights to Middle East hubs surpassing 27,000 since fighting began even as carriers look to resume some operations.
Thousands of passengers have been stranded in the Gulf region, forcing many to take circuitous, expensive routes to reach functioning airports in Saudi Arabia and Oman. Of the 51,600 scheduled flights to or from the Middle East since Feb. 28, more than half have been canceled, according to analytics firm Cirium Ltd.