
Expatriate families in Bahrain hoping to return to Europe for the summer holidays are getting caught up in a wave of airline and public transport strike action as inflation causes labour unrest across the continent, write Reem Al Daaysi and Stanley Szecowka.
One British family-of-five has spent 24-hours languishing in an airport in Saudi Arabia after a combination of flight technical issues, pilot and crew timings, and weekend mayhem across Europe delayed their travel plans.