Dubai, April 15 -- UAE airlines announced the cancellation of some flights and the re-routing of others as multiple countries in the region closed their airspaces temporarily following Iran's missile and drone attack on Israel on Saturday (April 13).

As airspace began to reopen throughout Sunday (April 14), UAE airline schedules started to return to normal in the afternoon.

Emirates Airline sent an updated statement to ARN, Sunday at 3.22 p.m. "Emirates cancelled some flights and rerouted others due to temporary airspace closures in the region from late evening of 13 April until the morning of 14 April. With the re-opening of these airspaces, we are resuming our scheduled operations to/from Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq from the afternoon o...