UAE: Several flights to and from the UAE were cancelled or delayed on Thursday, October 8, affecting services operated by Emirates, flydubai, Air Arabia, Etihad Airways and other airlines.
The disruptions included cancellations on multiple routes, while flights operating through Riyadh and Moscow also experienced delays. Passengers are advised to check their flight status with their airline before travelling.
Flights Cancelled on Thursday
The following services were reported cancelled:
- Emirates: EK 872 from Kuwait and EK 568 to Bahrain.
- Jazeera Airways: J9 123 and J9 124 to and from Kuwait.
- flydubai: FZ 812 from Abha and FZ 818 from Yanbu.
- Emirates: EK 130 and flydubai FZ 970 from Moscow.
- Air India Express: IX 612 to Tiruchirappalli.
- Emirates: EK 948 from Basra, EK 944 from Baghdad, EK 661 from Male, EK 146 from Amsterdam, EK 153 to Copenhagen, EK 404 to Melbourne, EK 606 to Karachi, EK 905 to Amman and EK 390 to Phuket.
Riyadh Flights Face Delays
Several services operating through Riyadh were also delayed.
Emirates EK 820 was delayed by 1 hour and 45 minutes, while flydubai FZ 848 was delayed by 1 hour and 57 minutes.
Saudia flights SV 596 and SV 597 to and from Dubai were delayed by 2 hours and 47 minutes, while SV 572 to Abu Dhabi was delayed by 2 hours and 10 minutes.
Riyadh Air flight RX 243 was delayed by 2 hours and 12 minutes, while its return service RX 244 faced a delay of 1 hour and 5 minutes.
Delays Reported in Moscow
Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport also recorded delays involving several flights.
flydubai FZ 990 was delayed by 1 hour and 9 minutes, while UTair Aviation flights UT 715 and UT 176 were delayed by around 2 hours.
Pobeda flight DP 991 was delayed by 14 minutes.
Other Flight Delays
Other delays reported included:
- Etihad Airways EY 108 from Malaga — delayed by 1 hour and 15 minutes.
- Emirates EK 375 from Bangkok — delayed by 46 minutes.
- Emirates EK 583 from Dhaka — delayed by 1 hour and 5 minutes.
- Emirates EK 220 from Orlando — delayed by 48 minutes.
- Emirates EK 152 from Copenhagen — delayed by 34 minutes.
- flydubai FZ 564 from Chittagong — delayed by 41 minutes.
- flydubai FZ 1134 from Kathmandu — delayed by 2 hours and 3 minutes.
- flydubai FZ 1396 from Astana — delayed by 58 minutes.
- flydubai FZ 158 from Beirut — delayed by 34 minutes.
- flydubai FZ 1584 from Bangkok — delayed by 55 minutes.
- flydubai FZ 710 from Baku — delayed by 33 minutes.
- flydubai FZ 722 — delayed by 38 minutes.
- flydubai FZ 718 from Yerevan — delayed by 50 minutes.
- flydubai FZ 712 from Tbilisi — delayed by 37 minutes.
- flydubai FZ 708 from Baku — delayed by 46 minutes.
- flydubai FZ 995 to Samara — delayed by 1 hour.
- Air Arabia flight from Kathmandu — delayed by 37 minutes.
- Air Arabia 3L715 from Tbilisi — delayed by 41 minutes.
- Air India AI 4209 from New Delhi — delayed by 32 minutes.
- SpiceJet SG 5118 from Kochi — delayed by 13 hours and 57 minutes.
Passengers travelling today are advised to check their airline’s latest flight information before leaving for the airport, as schedules can change.
