Iran

By Christine Boynton
Will it remain a year of resilient demand for U.S. airlines? Much hinges on the duration of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren, Alan Dron
Air Astana is seeing a significant surge in point-to-point and transit passengers through Kazakhstan as the war in the Middle East continues.
Airlines & Lessors

By Robert Wall, Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
Assessing the the Iran war status is increasingly about who has what in stock.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The DOD is crafting a supplemental spending request to both replenish existing weapons used in the conflict in Iran and buy new, improved systems.
Supply Chain

By Alan Dron
Gulf Air has moved several of its aircraft from its home base of Muharraq, Bahrain, to Saudi Arabia.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Scandinavian Airlines’ (SAS) move to hike ticket prices as a result of higher oil prices is hardly a surprise.
Airlines & Lessors

By Robert Wall
The Israel Defense Forces says it is increasing its focus on taking out Iran’s drone warfare capacity.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Helen Massy-Beresford
High oil prices are also a huge concern to an air cargo industry that was dealing with tariff turmoil before the Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran in February.
Airports & Networks

By Robert Wall
Rheinmetall expects a flurry of orders from the Middle East and elsewhere for air defense gun systems after Iran fired drones against Gulf states.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. has upped its pace of striking Iranian navy ships and ports amid concerns about sea mining and other threats to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Karen Walker
The evolving Middle East conflict has created a great deal of uncertainty for airports and airlines in the region, and outside of it.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren, Brian Everstine
Australia will deploy one Boeing E-7A Wedgetail to the Gulf to provide air situational support to the UAE's efforts to defend against Iranian attacks.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall, Brian Everstine, Tony Osborne, Steve Trimble
The IDF stepped up attacks on Iranian military infrastructure after it and the U.S. said they were shifting focus to degrading long-term military capabilities.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Kurt Hofmann
Turkish Airlines' CFO Murat Sekar estimates the airline may see a $120 million loss if the conflict extends to a month.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa Group is seeing an “enormous” increase in demand on its Asia routes since the Iran war started and plans increased services to Africa and Asia-Pacific
Airlines & Lessors

By Robert Wall
The Israeli military said it would employ further ways to throw Iran off guard as its ops with the U.S. enter a new phase at the end of the first week of fighting.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine, Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
Regime change has long been considered a boots-on-the-ground operation. Now the U.S. and Israel are trying to do it from the sky.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Jens Flottau
Gulf airlines are operating miniscule schedules, if any, after the U.S. and Israel started their war against Iran. Threats to security could slow recovery, too.
Airports & Networks

By Robert Wall, Jens Flottau, Steve Trimble
Editors discuss the military operation in Iran, how it has disrupted commercial air travel and consider the ramifications for aviation.
Check 6

By Karen Walker
An aviation risk management and conflict zone overflight expert discusses what airlines and airports must prioritize through the Iran war.
Window Seat Podcast

By Tony Osborne
With the Israeli and U.S. air campaign against Iran entering its sixth day, a phase may be emerging: a hunt for Shahed drone launchers.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Kim Minseok
The South Korean-developed KM-SAM Block II surface-to-air missile has made its combat debut with the United Arab Emirates military.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Jens Flottau, Helen Massy-Beresford
Since Israel and the U.S. launched their war against Iran, commercial aviation in the region has been thrown into deep turmoil with severe global repercussions.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
An Iranian drone has damaged Nakhchivan International Airport in Azerbaijan in the latest blow to commercial aviation from the escalating Middle East conflict.
Airports & Networks