A traveller checks on a departure board displaying cancelled flights to Middle Eastern countries amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, at Heathrow Airport Terminal 4, in London, the UK on March 2. — Reuters
A traveller checks on a departure board displaying cancelled flights to Middle Eastern countries amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, at Heathrow Airport Terminal 4, in London, the UK on March 2. — Reuters
A Boeing 777-300ER aircraft operated by Qatar Airways is parked outside the American Airlines cargo terminal at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York City on March 2, the US, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran. — Reuters
A Boeing 777-300ER aircraft operated by Qatar Airways is parked outside the American Airlines cargo terminal at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York City on March 2, the US, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran. — Reuters
A screen displays cancelled flights to Middle Eastern destinations at Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong on March 2. — Reuters
A screen displays cancelled flights to Middle Eastern destinations at Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong on March 2. — Reuters
A departure board displays cancelled flights to Middle East countries amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, at Heathrow Airport Terminal 4, in London, the UK on March 2. — Reuters
A departure board displays cancelled flights to Middle East countries amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, at Heathrow Airport Terminal 4, in London, the UK on March 2. — Reuters

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