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P&O Cruises was forced to reorganize travel for 5,000 fly-cruise guests after airspace closures disrupted Caribbean flights.
Chartered flights from the UK were turned back mid-flight or cancelled.
Some cruise passengers remained onboard Arvia in Barbados an extra night, awaiting new flights.
Thousands of cruise passengers spent the first days of the New Year facing unexpected travel chaos after the US military attacked Venezuela in the wee hours of Saturday, January 3, 2026, triggering an emergency airspace closure across parts of the Caribbean.
Among those...
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