Middle East Airspace Diversions/Cancellations

[JessicaTam]

Bit of GPS jamming/spoofing going on

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Looks like they are now landing.

 

[RooFlyer]

The UAE putting money before passengers' lives IMO

Up to the passengers, surely? I wouldn't fly the ME route now, but I intend to in a few weeks.

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There was a bunch of race-tracking at DXB yesterday too, then they all went in.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Hard to fake FR24 though

Flights might have been temporarily grounded but I think there’s a big difference from the airport being ‘hit’, vs some falling debris.

 

[JessicaTam]

Flights might have been temporarily grounded but I think there’s a big difference from the airport being ‘hit’, vs some falling debris.

It may take some time to determine which it was hence the closure.

 

[RooFlyer]

Why on earth are we looking at Twitter for 'news'?

 

[justinbrett]

Flights might have been temporarily grounded but I think there’s a big difference from the airport being ‘hit’, vs some falling debris.

A moot point IMO, it’s just another example that we are a long way from normal operations and there is a real risk to safety which has to be carefully managed.

Also if the UAE are still intercepting Iranian missiles there goes that theory of a backchannel deal.

 

[Pushka]

Why on earth are we looking at Twitter for 'news'?

Because the first I read of the US air strike was on X and there was no mention of it yet on AFF or the usual news sites. If something is happening, like the 7.2 earthquake we experienced in Bali, the first thing we did was check X and from that we knew we didn't need to evacuate as it was on the other side of the bay. We sure felt it at 3.30am.

 

[stu961]

Sorry, I'm too old for coaches...

it’s not so much about money - all three have essentially unlimited financial backing by their respective governments - but money isn’t everything, customer preference is really important.

Of the three, Abu Dhabi (Etihad) is by far the richest, yet their airline has struggled in recent times with a big decline in Australian services. EK has lot of market share to QR - and all will likely lose some to Riyadh air. Asian/European/Australian carriers will gain some out of this crisis. Money isn’t everything.

Sure, Asian/European carriers and a Australian carrier will gain something out of the crisis, that is happening right now and is obvious. As my wife and I pay for all our airfares out of our pocket, quality of product and value will return over time. The question was/is, how quickly!
The use of the phrase "money isn't everything" in relation to a particular Australian carrier is rather bemusing. Paraphrasing the banking royal commissioner "it might be legal but it's sure not right" does spring to my mind!

 

[exLXCXFF]

Looks like EK76 landed at DWC after all - wouldn’t call this normal Ops. Maybe lower on fuel?

 

[aaa99]

FR24 just gave a featured flight notification for the first QR flight leaving DOH since last week

 

[exLXCXFF]

Looks like EK76 landed at DEC after all - wouldn’t call this normal Ops. Maybe lower on fuel?

Looks EK48, EK38, and EK86 also going into DWC rather than DXB.