First tourist planes from Middle East since start of conflict arrives in Prague

The first plane carrying tourists from the Middle East since the US-Israeli attack on Iran arrived in Prague in the early hours of Tuesday. The Smartwings plane, with around 200 seats, had carried passengers from Muscat in Oman. Some of those on board had been on holiday in Oman itself, while some others had been in Thailand. A second Smartwings plane arrived from Oman at around 9:30 AM.

According to the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs voluntary registration system, known as Drozd, there are around 6,600 Czechs in the Middle East. Roughly 650 people have been seeking repatriation in view of the security situation in the region since conflict began there at the weekend.