Airlines grapple with Middle East escalation

Passengers queue at the check-in counters at the Beirut Rafic Al Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon on October 2, 2024. 

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Rising tensions in the Middle East have created air travel chaos, with global airlines diverting or cancelling flights on Wednesday and regional airports, including Lebanon, Israel and Kuwait, showing long delays, according to FlightRadar24 data.

Concern over travel disruption as the conflict intensifies also knocked shares in the travel and airline sectors.

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