Air travel across the world remained heavily disrupted on Sunday, with thousands of flights cancelled and tens of thousands of travellers left stranded on a second day of chaos sparked by the US and Israeli attacks on Iran. Airports in Dubai, the world’s busiest terminal, and Doha remained closed while airlines across the Middle East cancelled almost all of their flights on Sunday. Iranian missiles and drones on Saturday and early Sunday targeted the airports of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait City and Manama in Bahrain, causing limited damage to terminal facilities.

One person died and seven were injured in the attack on Abu Dhabi’s Zayed International. Airspace across Qatar, Iran and Iraq remained closed on Sunday, with other long-haul aircraft avoiding the region entirely.