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Global Air Travel’s Reliance on Gulf Corridor Laid Bare as Middle East Airspace Closures Disrupt Flights and Highlight Aviation Corridor Vulnerabilities
Global Air Travel’s Reliance on Gulf Corridor Laid Bare as Middle East Airspace Closures Disrupt Flights and Highlight Aviation Corridor Vulnerabilities Recent Middle East airspace closures have exposed how deeply global air travel depends on the Gulf corridor — the key set of routes connecting Asia, Europe, Africa and beyond — when thousands of flights face disruption due to escalating regional tensions. Governments and official aviation authorities worldwide are monitoring the situation as airspace restrictions and airport shutdowns ripple through international flight networks. This disruption has revealed vulnerabilities in the aviation...