First government-chartered flight to evacuate citizens from Middle East takes off from Muscat one day late

British nationals remain stranded across the Middle East as the vast majority of flights from the region continue to be cancelled, although a handful of services are scheduled to…

130,000 British nationals have registered as being in the Middle East

The chartered flight is currently scheduled to leave Muscat International Airport in Oman on Wednesday evening.

The flight will depart Oman’s capital at 7pm on Wednesday

First government rescue flight from Oman to set off on Wednesday evening with two more ‘in the coming days’

First government-chartered flight to evacuate citizens from Middle East takes off from Muscat one day late

The plane landed at London's Stansted Airport in the early hours of Friday morning.

It comes after thousands of flights had been cancelled in the Middle East in the past week.