News DeskLast Updated: 02 Mar 2026, 03:28 pm ISTShare As of Monday, March 2, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria and the United Arab Emirates had announced restrictions affecting their skies Stranded passengers wait amid cancellation of 350 international flights to the Middle East due to the US-Israel strikes on Iran, at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, in New Delhi, Monday, March 2, 2026 (Photo: PTI)An estimated 300,000 passengers have been left stranded across the Gulf region as airspace closures and airport shutdowns continue on the third day (March 2) following joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran and subsequent retaliatory attacks, according to media reports. Commercial aviation across the Middle East has been effectively paralysed with operations suspended at several of the region’s busiest hubs. The disruption has rapidly escalated into a global travel crisis, given the Gulf’s central role as a transit corridor linking Europe, Asia, Africa and Australasia.
