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A major airline has given an update on its rescue flights with the Middle East conflict continuing to rage.

There have been thousands of Brits who were left stranded in the region following the outbreak of the conflict but now 11 days on, British Airways has announced it will suspend its dailyrescue flights from Muscat “due to reduced demand”.

It added that the suspension of its flights to the rest of the region will continue until at least later this month because of “the continuing uncertainty of the situation in the Middle East and airspace instability”.

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The airline said: “We’ve cancelled all flights to and from Amman, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai and Tel Aviv until later this month and to and from Abu Dhabi until later this year. We’re keeping the situation under constant review and are in touch with our customers to offer them a range of options.

“We have limited seats remaining on our repatriation flights from Oman (Muscat) to London Heathrow on 11 and 12 March for customers with an existing booking. Following these dates, the flights will pause due to reduced demand but will be kept under continuous review.”

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Yesterday the Foreign Office gave an update saying that 37,000 stranded people have now returned. It states: "More than 37,000 British nationals have returned to the UK since 1 March. Three charter flights have now left Oman and landed in the UK, the third flight landed in the UK earlier this morning.

"The UK government has chartered a flight out of Dubai which, subject to the situation on the ground, will leave later today. On Sunday, 30 flights departed from across the region carrying more than 7,000 British nationals - the highest number of Brits arriving in the UK in a single day since the beginning of the crisis.

"The UK government has chartered a flight out of Dubai which, subject to the situation on the ground, will leave later today.

"On Sunday, 30 flights departed from across the region carrying more than 7,000 British nationals - the highest number of Brits arriving in the UK in a single day since the beginning of the crisis. British national should continue to follow FCDO Travel Advice and local instructions, as the situation is volatile and could escalate."

Sir Keir Starmer has said that the UK is “working round the clock to keep British citizens safe” and acknowledged that Britons at home are “worried sick” for friends and family.

“Staff are on the ground to support those in need, Government-provided flights are helping people get home, and our tireless armed forces are flying across the region to defend our allies and our interests,” he said.