Mexico last week, the Middle East this week – who said working in the travel industry was easy?
The latest crisis, and this really is a crisis, will cost airlines and operators a fortune in time and money as they struggle to get passengers home or to their final destination – including those those unfortunate enough to be transiting through Dubai, Abu Dhabi or Doha at the wrong moment.
Dubai is now the busiest international passenger airport in the world, and the UK has already identified more than 100,000 citizens in the region looking for help.