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Paul Griffiths says he's never seen anything like it as his airport cancels hundreds of flights a day.
Over 1,200 flights have been canceled and 40 diverted in Dubai since an immense flash flood ground the city to a halt on Tuesday. It's been three days since the storm and Dubai International Airport is still scrambling, however, CEO Paul Griffiths says the hub is "100% operational."
Griffiths said on local radio Friday morning: "We're in a position now where the airport is 100% operational with a focus on getting the flight schedule back to normality. It's going to be quite a while until we're back at normal schedule levels. We're on the right trajectory."
"It's a very challenging time. The sheer volume of people displaced is significant, we've never seen anything li