The war, now in its seventh week, has jolted stock markets and rattled the global economy, as shipping through Iranian ports has been cut off and air strikes have torn through military and civilian infrastructure across the region.
When the conflict first began, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) launched a ‘register your interest in flights from UAE’ scheme to help get Brits back to the UK, who were located in the likes of Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman and Dubai.
Since then, the FCDO has been constantly…