Frankfurt, Germany, March 3, 2026 (AFP) - TUI to fly stranded cruise ship passengers back from Gulf

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2026-03-03

German travel giant TUI said on Tuesday it planned to start flying home thousands of tourists stranded on two cruise ships in the Gulf due to the Middle East war. The ships are located at Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates and Doha, Qatar. They carry about 7,000 passengers and crew in total, according to the German Shipping Association. "Repatriation is our responsibility, which we take very seriously," TUI boss Sebastian Ebel told public bro......

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