Dubai: Heavy rains and flooding continue to disrupt operations at Dubai International Airport (DXB). Airport operations were temporarily suspended for 25 minutes, and 45 flights were cancelled, a DXB spokesperson Gulf News.
“Due to the intense storm, operations were temporarily suspended for 25 minutes this afternoon, but have since recommenced, and are now in recovery mode,” the airport said in a statement.
“A total of 21 outbound and 24 inbound flights have been cancelled since 12.02 am this morning, and 3 flights were diverted to other neighbouring airports,” the spokesperson explained.
Delays to continue
As there is major flooding on access roads around Dubai leading to the airport and current weather forecasts indicate that the unsettled weather will…