Tag: Middle east
NEWS May 19, 2026 Three of Europe's Biggest Airlines Have Extended Their Middle East Suspensions, and the Restart Dates Are Further Away Than Many Passengers Hoped Three of Europe's largest airline groups have simultaneously extended their Middle East flight suspensions, with British Airways pushing its restart further into summer, the Lufthansa Group holding off a return to Dubai until mid-September, and Air France emerging as the most optimistic of the three with planned resumptions beginning as early as late May. Read More →
ROUTES May 18, 2026 American Airlines Will Not Return to Tel Aviv Until 2027 American Airlines has formally extended the suspension of its New York JFK to Tel Aviv service through January 2027, the airline confirmed on Sunday, May 17, pushing back a return that has now been delayed, cancelled, rescheduled, and cancelled again across a span of more than two and a half years. Read More →
NEWS May 04, 2026 Emirates Has Rebuilt Nearly Its Entire Global Network After the Most Severe Aviation Disruption in Gulf History Emirates has announced one of the most significant operational milestones in its 41-year history, the near-complete restoration of its global route network following a period of disruption triggered by the US-Israel war on Iran. Read More →
NEWS Apr 16, 2026 KLM Cuts 160 European Flights as the Fuel Crisis Gripping Aviation Deepens Royal Dutch Airlines has moved swiftly to confront one of the most severe cost pressures in recent European aviation history, confirming on Thursday the cancellation of 160 flights to and from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport within the coming month. Read More →
NEWS Mar 18, 2026 Qatar Airways Cargo Boeing 777F Rescues 147 Elite Horses Amid Regional Conflict Operation Equine Lifeline reached its triumphant conclusion yesterday as the second of two Boeing 777 Freighters touched down at Liège Airport, completing the evacuation of 147 world-class showjumping horses from the intensifying conflict zone in the Persian Gulf. Read More →
NEWS Mar 16, 2026 Global Carriers Face Sudden Ban at Dubai International Airport Dubai’s status as the world’s preeminent aviation crossroads faced a seismic shift today as the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) took the unprecedented step of barring all foreign carriers from the city’s airspace. Read More →
NEWS Mar 04, 2026 United Airlines Evacuates Crew Stranded in Middle East Conflict, Some Driven Across Saudi Desert United Airlines has successfully concluded a high-stakes extraction operation to repatriate the final members of its flight crews who were caught in the crossfire of the rapidly escalating conflict in the Middle East. Read More →
NEWS Oct 02, 2024 Delta Launches Expanded Codeshare with Saudia Delta Air Lines and Saudia, two large members of the SkyTeam alliance, have announced an expanded codeshare agreement that is set to expand connection possibilities. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Apr 20, 2024 The Iron Dome: How Israel Was Able to Thwart 99% of Iran's Missile Attacks Thus Far Since 2011, Israel's Iron Dome defense system has intercepted thousands of rockets and protected the country during times of conflict. It consists mainly of a three-part system that intercepts short-range rockets. Read More →
STORIES Apr 16, 2024 ANALYSIS: Iran's Airstrikes Have Destroyed its Aviation Industry Iran aviation has a long and complicated history. Although being predominantly domestic, sanctions have limited their expansion into other regions. Read More →