Airlines are continuing to implement short-term suspensions and capacity cuts in the Middle East as war disrupts one of the most critical aviation corridors.
Orders from Middle East carriers represent a 65% share of the total worldwide Boeing 777X backlog, highlighting how crucial the region is to the program.
With the Iran conflict ongoing, this week’s Flight Friday investigates how airport and airspace closures are impacting Middle Eastern operators’ aircraft.
By Helen Massy-Beresford, Ella Nethersole, Kurt Hofmann
As the U.S./Israel war against Iran stretched into a third day on March 2, airlines around the world that rely on Gulf hubs for connecting flights faced ongoing disruption.
Emirates confirmed plans to end service to Algeria in early 2027 after Algiers formally moved to terminate its bilateral air services agreement with the UAE.
With Aviation Week’s MRO Middle East taking place in Dubai, Carbon Analysis looks at the Middle Eastern Big Three: Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways.
Over the past few years, flydubai and Emirates have grown increasingly close in a partnership, forged back in 2017, that is shifting flydubai's performance into a higher gear.
For Emirates’ long-haul fleet, the challenge is twofold: maintaining aging widebodies while looking beyond their likely life spans to the next big thing.
At the Dubai Airshow, new momentum could be felt for FlyDubai and Emirates and the expanded Dubai World Central (DWC) airport planned to open in or around 2032.
In spite of geopolitical tensions and trade uncertainty, airlines in the Gulf region are spending big money on large new narrowbody and widebody fleets.
