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How Gulf airlines are staying afloat amid a war that has severed key aerial corridors

  • Conflict now in its third week is forcing many aircraft to circle over Gulf hubs to avoid projectiles fired from Iran
  • Gulf airports, regulators and carriers have shown remarkable resilience and coordination, but the price has been high
By Jonathan Gornall ·

Poland is investigating air traffic control system outage, ministry says

By Reuters ·

Paris airport chaos to enter second day after air traffic breakdown

By AFP ·

Hotline between military and air traffic controllers in Washington hasn’t worked for over 3 years

By AP ·

Saudi Arabia’s air traffic surges 26% to over 403K flights in H1

By Arab News ·

Saudi aviation cements pandemic recovery with 82% passenger surge in 2022: GASTAT

By Nirmal Menon ·

Dubai Airport to welcome 78m passengers in 2023, operator forecasts

By ARAB NEWS  ·

Middle East air traffic up 114% in October: IATA

By Reina Takla - Nirmal Narayanan ·

Saudi Arabia’s air traffic rebounds in 2021 with 43% growth

By Nirmal Narayanan ·
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Egypt, UAE in talks to revitalize aviation links

By Mohammed Abu Zaid ·

Hard hit by virus, airlines push for tests over quarantines

By AP ·

Dozen Saudi women to become first air traffic controllers

By Arab News ·

India eyes remote air traffic control towers for regional airports

By Reuters ·

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