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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Luca Ittimani and Catie McLeod

‘We don’t want to go’: Australian couple told to pay $3,500 to postpone flights amid Middle East volatility

Etihad plane
Sharon Latour and her husband are booked to fly with Etihad to Rome with a transit in Abu Dhabi, but they are ‘genuinely scared’ given the situation in the Middle East. Photograph: B O’Kane/Alamy

Sharon Latour and her husband are scheduled to fly through Abu Dhabi on an Etihad flight on Wednesday, just nine days after Iran launched a missile strike on a US base in nearby Qatar.

As of Friday, the Australian couple’s flight was still scheduled for takeoff despite the volatility in the region. Latour is upset that Etihad are insisting on charging her $3,500 to change their tickets if they want to postpone their trip until early next year.

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