Airlines are using long-readied contingency plans but bottlenecks have formed that no amount of planning can fix

Hundreds of thousands of passengers remain stranded, with key air hubs in Middle East closed amid fallout from US-Israeli strikes on Iran

Travellers stuck at major transit airports are slowly being diverted and repatriated on new flights after days of turmoil, while uncertainty remains

NEW YORK: The US and Israel’s joint war in Iran has already upended travel across the Middle East, stranding tens of thousands of people. And the future is anything but certain.…

Airlines are using long-readied contingency plans but bottlenecks have formed that no amount of planning can fix