Which airlines are still flying to the Middle East and what happens if I fly there?

Going nowhere: Qatar Airways planes at Edinburgh airport, where they have been throughout March - (Simon Calder)

For decades the airports of the Gulf have offered good-value connections from those across Britain to destinations in Asia, Africa and Australasia.

But since the US-Israeli attack on Iran began, triggering retaliation from Tehran against the infrastructure in the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait, airspace has been closed intermittently.