Gulf Flight Hubs - crystal ball help needed

[numtumfutunch]

Hi

We have a trip planned to the Seychelles for a significant wedding anniversary at the end of this month.

Flights connect in DXB

Its clearly too far away to get any meaningful information from the airline and we fear the worst, however if the war continues is it possible the airlines can reroute or are those based in the Gulf dependent on using their own base airports?

Cheers

[GiantEnemyCrab]

£10 says it will all be back to normal by Wednesday, outside of a few plane repositioning problems.

[Petrus1983]

GiantEnemyCrab said:

£10 says it will all be back to normal by Wednesday, outside of a few plane repositioning problems.

Agreed.

[numtumfutunch]

GiantEnemyCrab said:

£10 says it will all be back to normal by Wednesday, outside of a few plane repositioning problems.

Encouraging, I'll donate £10 to a charity of your choice if so

Thanks

[Nothingtoseehere]

Yeah it'll be fine.

Interestingly, I made a call to go to Morocco this year, when usually right now we'd be in Dubai....

[smallpaul]

If there is an option for a refund, I'd be rebooking via Ethiopian or Edelweiss

[ThingsBehindTheSun]

GiantEnemyCrab said:

£10 says it will all be back to normal by Wednesday, outside of a few plane repositioning problems.

So you think that there will numerous selfies of turkey toothed wannabe influencers and forex traders in matching track suits and sliders taken from the plane to Dubai on Instagram on Wednesday?

I personally would not be taking that bet

[aeropilot]

You might be OK if its end of the month.

I can't see large scale flight ops out of the ME hubs re-commencing until Iranian missile/drone attacks subside or end.

[RobbyJ]

There are currently a few flights leaving from Abu Dhabi, one of them to LHR so showing some signs of things moving. My parents are currently stuck in Dubai and scheduled to fly back on Wednesday, I hope flights are indeed back up and running by then.

[sherman]

Can you cancel and change to the Carribean?

[ambuletz]

try a different airline? ethiopian airlines go via addis ababa.
As an airline they're one of the worst though.

[aeropilot]

ambuletz said:

try a different airline? ethiopian airlines go via addis ababa.
As an airline they're one of the worst though.

I'd rather swap to a wet weekend in Bogner than risk flying anywhere with Ethiopian Airlines

[DJC76]

aeropilot said:

ambuletz said:

try a different airline? ethiopian airlines go via addis ababa.
As an airline they're one of the worst though.

I'd rather swap to a wet weekend in Bogner than risk flying anywhere with Ethiopian Airlines

I don’t mind them! Their beer is good at least…

[DJC76]

GiantEnemyCrab said:

£10 says it will all be back to normal by Wednesday, outside of a few plane repositioning problems.

You owe someone a tenner…

[Steve vRS]

If this drags on, is it workable for the Gulf based operators to start routing planes via a different airport outside the region? We are booked to fly to Sydney with Etihad via Abu Dhabi at the end of April.

[FlyVintage]

We’re currently in Japan, but due to go to Australia on Qantas in about a week. Our route out of Australia is via DBX so it’ll be interesting to see if Qantas believe we have a viable exit route; if not, I assume they’ll be reluctant to let us board. I’ll be having the agent check that one out in a day or two.

[aeropilot]

FlyVintage said:

We re currently in Japan, but due to go to Australia on Qantas in about a week. Our route out of Australia is via DBX so it ll be interesting to see if Qantas believe we have a viable exit route; if not, I assume they ll be reluctant to let us board.

Plenty of alternative exit routes back to UK not via DBX or other ME hub, but that will be down to who ever that airline is and whether they choose to try to re-book you via another associated airline via a different route? All depends on your flights and who booked with.

[FlyVintage]

aeropilot said:

FlyVintage said:

We re currently in Japan, but due to go to Australia on Qantas in about a week. Our route out of Australia is via DBX so it ll be interesting to see if Qantas believe we have a viable exit route; if not, I assume they ll be reluctant to let us board.

Plenty of alternative exit routes back to UK not via DBX or other ME hub, but that will be down to who ever that airline is and whether they choose to try to re-book you via another associated airline via a different route? All depends on your flights and who booked with.

Indeed, but our flights out of Australia are not for another month and understandably the agent has other priorities. Our issue is not with the flight home (anything could happen between now and then) it’s whether we’ll be able to get INTO Australia without a demonstrable exit plan.

[sherman]

FlyVintage said:

aeropilot said:

FlyVintage said:

We re currently in Japan, but due to go to Australia on Qantas in about a week. Our route out of Australia is via DBX so it ll be interesting to see if Qantas believe we have a viable exit route; if not, I assume they ll be reluctant to let us board.

Plenty of alternative exit routes back to UK not via DBX or other ME hub, but that will be down to who ever that airline is and whether they choose to try to re-book you via another associated airline via a different route? All depends on your flights and who booked with.

Indeed, but our flights out of Australia are not for another month and understandably the agent has other priorities. Our issue is not with the flight home (anything could happen between now and then) it s whether we ll be able to get INTO Australia without a demonstrable exit plan.

AUS immigration probably wouldnt let you in without a clear exit route. They have a reputation in not being shy to say No.

[DJC76]

There are plenty of routes out of Australia so shouldn’t be an issue, either emirates will refund and you can rebook with an alternative carrier or they’ll rebook you with a different carrier depending on how close to the date they cancel the DXB leg.

You don’t interact with Australia border officers once you’ve submitted your ETA you can use the e gates so not really a concern.