Will your holiday plans be disrupted by tensions in the Middle East? Britons flying abroad to hotspots like Dubai are warned Israel and Iran conflict is the biggest single disruption to flights since 9/11 [Video]

06:15 EDT 15 Apr 2024 , updated 07:45 EDT 15 Apr 2024

Britons flying abroad on long-distance routes were today warned of disruption as airlines rerouted or cancelled services after Iran‘s unprecedented attack on Israel.

Iran’s missile and drone assault on Israel has caused ‘chaos’ in the aviation industry after further narrowing options for planes navigating between Europe and Asia.

More than ten airlines have had to cancel or reroute flights over the last two days, including easyJet, Qantas, KLM, Lufthansa, WizzAir, United Airlines and Air India.

Experts claimed this made it the biggest single disruption to air travel since the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre in New York on September 11, 2001.

German airline Lufthansa has suspended its flights to and from Iran, while others including Australia’s Qantas and Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) have rerouted planes to avoid Iran’s airspace. EasyJet and WizzAir have also cancelled flights to Tel Aviv.