More than 23,000 flights have been canceled across the Middle East as the Iran-US-Israel conflict entered its eleventh day on Tuesday, March 11, 2026. The ongoing hostilities have severely disrupted global air travel, affecting routes to and from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and other regions. Airlines in Qatar, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates have been hit hardest, with six major carriers canceling 2,381 flights daily, leaving millions of passengers stranded.

According to data cited by Pakistan’s The Express Tribune, the six largest Middle Eastern airlines—Etihad, Air Arabia, Flydubai, Qatar Airways, Emirates, and Kuwait Airways—normally transport millions of passengers worldwide. Before the conflict, these carriers operated hundreds of daily flights across Europe, America, Canada, India, Australia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. However, in the past ten days, only 50 special flights have managed to operate.

The Iran-US conflict has already caused financial losses worth millions for these airlines, with no immediate sign of recovery in regional air connectivity.