Four injured as Dubai airport sustains damage from Iranian missile strike

DUBAI, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Dubai’s international airport sustained damage during an overnight Iranian attack on sites across the Arab Gulf states, aviation sources said early on Sunday, and authorities said four people were injured.

Dubai’s media office said on X that “a concourse at Dubai International (DXB) sustained minor damage in an incident, which was quickly contained,” without giving further details. 

Aviation sources told Reuters that one of the terminals at the airport, normally one of the world’s busiest aviation hubs, was damaged during an overnight Iranian attack that authorities publicly referred to only as an “incident.”

The sources also said Abu Dhabi International Airport had been hit. They did not specify whether the two airports suffered direct impacts or whether the damage was caused by debris falling after missile interceptions.

There was no immediate reply to requests for comment Reuters sent to Dubai Airports or to Abu Dhabi Airports Company.

Iranian missiles were fired at Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Doha, all key east-west aviation gateways.

Airlines suspended flights across the Middle East on Saturday — including to and from Dubai and Abu Dhabi — after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran and Tehran retaliated with missile barrages. Flight-tracking maps showed airspace over much of the region virtually empty.

Dubai Airports suspended all flights at Dubai International and at Al Maktoum International, urging passengers not to travel. Emirates and flydubai halted operations, while Etihad suspended all departures from Abu Dhabi until Sunday morning.

(Reporting by Alexander Cornwell, Jaidaa Taha and Menna Alaa El-Din; Writing by Andrew Mills, editing by Deepa Babington)