The itineraries in two of the most crowded airports worldwide at Doha And Dubai is being carried out with huge problems today (24/06/2025).
Thousands of travelers wait for hours at a queue at the Airports in Doha and Dubai, facing long delays and cancellations after the temporary closure of the airspace on Monday.
Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait closed their airspace late last night, after Iran’s blow to an American military base in the Qatar capital, Doha, forcing airlines to cancel or change the course of hundreds of flights.
Airports in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, suspended their services for a short time.
US President Donald Trump said a truce between Israel and Iran was implemented and asked both sides not to violate it, raising hopes for an end to the 12 -day war, but hostilities continued, with reports of both countries.
“I haven’t slept for 19 hours. And I wait for this queue for over 9 hours, “said Lily Rogers, a 21 -year -old, who waited in a tail of about 200 meters long at Doha Hamad’s International Airport.
The psychology student, who was traveling for a vacation in Southeast Asia, said that those who were in the queue were only offered water during the waiting.
Virgin Australia estimates that over 25,000 passengers are blocked at Doha Airport.
The queues were so large that they broke out as some passengers attempted to take the position of others, the Reuters news agency reports.
About 250 flights were canceled at Hamad Airport, while another 238 were delayed, according to the Flightradar24 flight site.
Large queues were also formed at the Dubai International, the busiest airport in the world, where about 145 flights were canceled and more than 450 were delayed, according to Flightradar24 data.
Qatar Airways, airline made it known that it is “making progress in restoring its program” with potential problems expected by June 26th.
Dubai’s airports and the Dubai government’s press office have not responded to a request to comment.
Busy node
Airports in the Middle East are one of the busiest worldwide, covering an area extending from Iran and Iraq to the Mediterranean and acting as a connecting hub for flights between Europe and Asia.
The area has also taken on a more important role since the war between Russia and Ukraine began, which forced airlines to avoid the airspace of both countries.
Dubai carried 92.3 million passengers last year, with a daily average of more than 250,000.
Israeli blows against Iran on June 13 have already pushed airlines from British Airways to Lufthansa to stop flights to certain destinations in the Middle East due to the closure of air spaces and security concerns.
The restrictions and the closure of airspace has caused a chain reactions beyond the area, as the largest passenger traffic passes through Hamad Airport to other destinations, the Asia -based Aviation Analyst explained.
Only 22% of passengers traveling via the airport had Qatar as their final destination in 2024, according to airport data.