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LONDON\/CHICAGO\/SYDNEY, March 3 (Reuters) – The airline and tourism industries scrambled to deal with the fallout from the\u00a0escalating<\/a>\u00a0U.S. and Israeli air war against\u00a0Iran<\/a>, while governments rushed to bring stranded travellers home from the \u200bMiddle East following the cancellation of more than 20,000 flights in recent days.<\/div>\n
Major Gulf hubs including Dubai, the world’s busiest international airport,\u00a0remained closed<\/a>\u00a0or severely restricted for a fourth day, leaving \u200ctens of thousands of\u00a0passengers stranded<\/a>. According to Flightradar24, some 21,300 flights have been cancelled at seven major airports including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi since the strikes started.<\/div>\n

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The attacks have upended travel across a growing region with several thriving\u00a0business hubs<\/a>\u00a0that are trying to diversify away from oil-dominated economies. The turmoil also narrows an\u00a0already-slim flight corridor<\/a>\u00a0for long-haul flights between Europe and Asia, complicating operations for global air carriers.<\/div>\n
Stranded travellers across the Gulf rushed to secure seats on a limited number of repatriation flights as\u00a0governments<\/a>\u00a0moved to bring passengers home \u200beven as explosions tore through\u00a0Tehran and Beirut<\/a>. Emirates, flydubai and Etihad have been operating a limited number of flights since Monday, mostly to repatriate stranded passengers.<\/div>\n
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