Strong winds and heavy rain hit the southern island of Jeju on Thursday, causing major flight disruptions and stranding more than 3,000 passengers, authorities said.

Israel has extended the closure of Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv until April 16, the country’s Channel 13 reported on Wednesday.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) will cancel at least 1,000 flights in April as soaring jet fuel prices linked to the Iran war drive up operating costs, CEO Anko van der Werff has announced.

The ongoing war involving Iran is causing growing financial and logistical disruptions for the global aviation industry, with more than 23,000 flights to Middle Eastern hubs cancelled since the fighting began.

More than 3,400 flights have been cancelled in the opening days of the conflict, leaving an estimated 300,000 passengers stranded across the Gulf region.

Israel has shut down its airspace to civilian traffic following the launch of an attack on Iran, suspending all incoming and outgoing flights until further notice.

Ethiopian Airlines has suspended flights to airports in Ethiopia’s northernmost Tigray region, according to local media reports.

Delta Air Lines can pursue much of its lawsuit seeking to hold cybersecurity company CrowdStrike liable for a massive computer outage last July that caused the carrier to cancel 7,000 flights, a Georgia state judge ruled.