Fewer Flights, Higher Fares, More Travelers: The July 4 Squeeze
Going into what is expected to be a busy July 4 travel season, airlines are cutting capacity as they hope to hold onto their pricing gains.
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Middle East Airlines Face $4.3 Billion Loss — the Only Region in the Red
The Gulf hub model was built for scale and transfer traffic. The Iran war has disabled both.
Europe Visa Bottlenecks Push UAE Residents to Rethink Travel Plans
The visa queue will clear. The question is whether leisure demand comes back with it.
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Tehran-Based Event Planner Grapples With Job Loss and Daily Uncertainty
Although there are no longer any restrictions on events in Iran since the ceasefire, there is still little demand from businesses and attendees. Event planners remain unemployed and under pressure.
IndiGo Suspends 7 International Routes: What’s Behind the Cutbacks
India's two biggest airlines spent the last few years expanding aggressively abroad. IndiGo leased wide-body aircraft for the first time. Air India was looking to rebuild into a world-class global carrier. Both are now in retreat, at least temporarily, from some of those ambitions.
Dubai Turns to New Visitors and Events to Ride Out Iran War Tourism Slump
Every tool is in play. What’s missing is a lasting ceasefire.
Kuwait Airport Reopening Unravels After 48 Hours Amid Fresh Iranian Strikes
After two days of relative normalcy, this is a devastating blow to a hub that has spent months clawing its way back.
Iran War Drives Middle East Tourism Slump — and a Global Demand Shift
Demand didn't disappear. It just left the Gulf — and it's not clear when it's coming back.
Marriott’s EMEA Chief 100 Days In: A Region Running in Two Gears
The Iran war has turned Marriott’s EMEA region into two businesses at once. Jones’s bet is that Europe and Africa can carry the 20% of fee business the Middle East has lost — at least until a ceasefire changes the math.
IndiGo Will Stick to Low-Cost DNA Even as Willie Walsh Takes Over
While IndiGo Founder Rahul Bhatia said incoming CEO Willie Walsh will "run the shop in its entirety," but the strategic perimeter appears to have been drawn before Walsh has set foot in the building.
Dubai’s $400M in Tourism Aid Buys Time. Operators See Empty Rooms.
With occupancy at 10% and summer ahead, fee exemptions may matter less than empty rooms.