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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Simon Calder

Why and how European airlines may cancel flights – and why passengers shouldn’t worry about holidays

A document on my laptop is named IranFlights. I created it on the morning of Saturday 28 February, when US and Israeli attacks on Iran began – triggering airspace closures like dominoes across the Gulf and wider Middle East.

It quickly expanded to include the closure of the key aviation hubs, in which thousands of British travellers were trapped as Iran retaliated with drones and missiles.

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