First Emirates flight leaves Dubai for Manchester Airport after US attacks on Iran British nationals stranded in the Middle East are coming back home
First Emirates flight leaves Dubai for Manchester Airport after US attacks on Iran
British nationals stranded in the Middle East are coming back home
An Emirates flight has departed from Dubai bound for Manchester Airport amid the continuing conflict in the Middle East.
Dubai’s two main airports were closed at the weekend after coming under fire from Iran, but it appears limited flights have now resumed. The Airbus A380 plane is due to touch down at Manchester Airport before 1pm on Tuesday.
It was one of five flights leaving Dubai on Tuesday morning, with the four others bound for Frankfurt, London Heathrow, Jeddah and Paris.
A handful of flights will bring British nationals stranded in the Middle East back to the UK on Tuesday but the majority of departures from the region remain cancelled.
Emirates plans to operate two flights to Heathrow and one each to Gatwick and Manchester.
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At least some of these flights will be operated by the airline’s A380 jets, which can each carry up to 615 passengers depending on how they are configured.
Etihad Airways has scheduled one flight from Abu Dhabi to Heathrow. This is with a Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner, which has 336 passenger seats.
Isabel Robertson is embraced by her mother as she arrives at Heathrow Airport on Monday on a flight from Abu Dhabi(Image: PA)
Qatar Airways – which usually serves Heathrow and Gatwick from Qatar – said on Tuesday morning that its operations remain suspended because of the closure of Qatari airspace.
Sir Keir Starmer has said the Government is “looking at all options to support our people” as a flight from Abu Dhabi landed in London on Monday night.
Etihad Airways flight EY67, carrying stranded UK nationals, departed from the United Arab Emirates capital on Monday afternoon and landed at Heathrow’s Terminal 4 at 7.17pm, according to flight tracking company Flightradar24.
Larges areas of airspace remained closed across the Middle East amid the intensifying conflict between Iran and US-Israeli forces.
The Prime Minister said the situation on the ground “may remain challenging for some time” but that the Government was “looking at all options to support our people”.
He told the Commons: “We’re asking all British citizens in the region to register their presence so we can provide the best possible support and to monitor the Home Office travel advice, which is being regularly updated.
“Across much of the region, airspace remains closed, and local authorities are advising individuals to shelter in place.
“The situation on the ground may remain challenging for some time, so we’re sending rapid deployment teams to the region to support our British nationals on the ground.
