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Old Jun 26, 2019, 10:45 pm
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Originally Posted by Oztravellerleeds
Can anyone shed any light on why Emirates flights recently have been delayed when leaving Uk sometimes very substantial delays, today 26th June EK 18 from Manchester was very late leaving, but the earlier flight was late to Manchester, but the flight from Heathrow and Glasgow both left very late as well, plus an EK18 flight from Manchester was cancelled completely he other day....
I honestly don't know, but I've been watching flights from Dubai lately and they also seem to be delayed. It could be because of the restricted airspace over Iran causing congestion on flight routes. However, that's just conjecture.
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