Middle East airspace disruption: IndiGo, Air India operate limited flights; Qatar, Etihad announce partial schedules

As Iran war closes Middle East skies, how high can Cathay Pacific fares fly?

Travellers are paying double the usual airfare on Cathay Pacific Airways flights from more than 50 cities to Hong Kong as the Iran war drives up demand for routes that avoid the conflict zone, with London, Madrid and Chennai seeing the steepest surges, the South China Morning Post has found. The US-Israeli attacks on Iran and subsequent retaliatory strikes that spilled over into neighbouring Gulf states over the course of a week have forced much of the Middle East’s airspace to remain closed,...

By Jess Ma,Leopold Chen

Middle East war: How blockade of Strait of Hormuz could hit Nigeria, India, China, Japan, Saudi Arabia

•Global recession looms By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: In the high-stakes military standoff involving the United States of America, Israel and Iran, the world’s most vulnerable geographic feature is not a city or a base, but a 161-km long sea passage, which is about 33km wide at its narrowest point- the Strait of Hormuz. Strategically located between Iran, Oman, and […] The post Middle East war: How blockade of Strait of Hormuz could hit Nigeria, India, China, Japan, Saudi Arabia appeared first on Va...

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Oil prices surge as West Asia conflict rages, stocks fall on U.S. jobs

Maritime traffic has all but dried up through the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s crude oil and liquefied natural gas supplies run