Dubai residents have been driving to neighbouring Oman or even Saudi Arabia to try to secure seats on the limited number of flights out of the region, as a third day of global travel chaos triggered sharp falls in airline stocks.
Airports in Dubai and Abu Dhabi that have been closed since Saturday began cautiously reopening late on Monday, with a small number of repatriation flights expected to take stranded passengers home.
Thousands of flights were cancelled and Qatar and other airports across the Gulf remained closed after Israeli and US attacks on Iran over the weekend sparked retaliation from Tehran. Charter groups have been vying to secure landing slots elsewhere in the region.
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