War In The Middle East

Beyond European exasperation with the Trump administration, there are market realities causing a rupture in Europe’s missile buying habit.

Though faced with rising fuel prices, strong demand is helping U.S. airlines navigate the headwind, even allowing some to raise first quarter revenue targets.

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.

The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines is urging governments in the region to help airlines address disruptions and higher costs caused by the Iran war.

Predictions that supply chain issues and new-engine reliability problems would sustain demand for midlife and older aircraft may be derailed by the Iran war.

British Airways is launching new routes to Australia and Senegal as it seeks to capture demand traditionally routed through Middle Eastern hubs.

Vietnam’s aviation regulator has warned airlines to prepare for potential fuel supply disruptions from April.

Aviation Week editors Robert Wall and Steve Trimble discuss the evolution and future of laser weapons that are now getting their first battlefield kills.

Elbit Systems' CEO has disclosed that the Israeli defense technology company is working on a helicopter-based high-power laser application.

From the difficulty of daily operations to the potential for revised aircraft retirement timelines, Aviation Week's MRO team discusses the wide-ranging consequences for the aftermarket of the Iran war.

E-commerce demand is here to stay in the long term, but Trump’s tariffs led to trade lane changes and disruptions in the Middle East have caused reroutings.

Assessing the the Iran war status is increasingly about who has what in stock.

A U.S. Air Force Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker crashed March 12 in Iraq as part of the ongoing conflict in Iran, with one other aircraft involved in the incident.

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

The Israel Defense Forces says it is increasing its focus on taking out Iran’s drone warfare capacity.

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.

Rheinmetall expects a flurry of orders from the Middle East and elsewhere for air defense gun systems after Iran fired drones against Gulf states.

Aviation Week aircraft utilization data reveals to what extent different Middle Eastern airlines' operations have been affected since the start of Operation Epic Fury.

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.

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.

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.

Editors discuss the military operation in Iran, how it has disrupted commercial air travel and consider the ramifications for aviation.

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.

An aviation risk management and conflict zone overflight expert discusses what airlines and airports must prioritize through the Iran war.

Iran demonstrated that it retained the ability to threaten its neighboring countries as fighting with the U.S. and Israel stretched into a sixth day.