SINGAPORE: Singapore-bound passengers had been amongst hundreds of travellers stranded at Hamad Worldwide Airport in Doha on Tuesday (Jun 24) after the short-term closure of a number of nations’ airspace.
Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait quickly shut their airspace late on Monday after Iran’s strike on a US military base in Qatar’s capital Doha, forcing airways to cancel or reroute hundreds of flights and making a backlog of stranded passengers.
Three passengers travelling to Singapore informed CNA that there was no clear indication after they would be capable of get one other flight. That they had additionally not been supplied with any lodging preparations.
Ms Melodie Yip, who had been transiting on the airport, was meant to fly out of Doha on Monday night time on Qatar Airways, however her flight was cancelled.
After queuing for round eight hours to rebook one other flight that was meant to depart this afternoon, she later learnt that this flight had been cancelled as properly.
She is ready for one more flight to go away the nation, however mentioned she doesn’t anticipate to get a flight on Tuesday night time.
“After I heard the second flight was cancelled, I used to be very, very anxious as a result of I did not wish to undergo that … eight-hour queue once more,” she mentioned.
Nonetheless, she mentioned that she had discovered some consolation within the different Singaporeans who had been within the queue together with her.
Ms Yip mentioned she anticipated to get a flight on Wednesday and hoped it might not be cancelled once more.
“If it is tomorrow, I am hoping that they may also give us some like resort keep, or a minimum of some type of lodging,” she mentioned.
“I feel Hamad Worldwide Airport and Qatar Airways weren’t ready for such a disaster, which is sudden for a world-class, award-winning airline and airport,” she added.
