Air Routes

British Airways Keeps Seven Middle East Routes Paused As Winter Restart Plan Takes Shape

British Airways is still working through one of the most complicated Middle East schedule disruptions in its recent history. The...

June 18, 2026 John Cushma 101

Airlines

AirAsia X Drops A330neo Order As Bahrain-London Launch Slips To Late Summer

AirAsia X has taken another step away from its former widebody growth plan. The Malaysian long-haul low-cost carrier has cancelled...

June 12, 2026 John Cushma 444

Operations

Gulf Air Reopens Bahrain While Iraqi Airways Restarts from Baghdad

With Bahrain and Iraq reopening their airspace, two national carriers have started moving from contingency flying back toward scheduled service....

April 13, 2026 John Cushma 284

Operations

Middle East Airspace Reopens Unevenly as Ceasefire Eases Regional Aviation Pressure

Aviation across parts of the Middle East has taken a meaningful step toward normalization after Iraq, Syria, and Bahrain moved...

April 9, 2026 John Cushma 331

Air Routes

British Airways Extends Gulf Cancellations As Regional Airspace Instability Deepens

British Airways has expanded and extended its schedule disruption across the Gulf and wider Middle East as ongoing conflict and...

March 20, 2026 John Cushma 414

Airlines

AirAsia X Bets on Bahrain as Its Westbound Hub

AirAsia X (D7) is making a structural shift that long-haul low-cost carriers rarely attempt at scale: building a strategic hub...

February 15, 2026 John Cushma 417

Air Routes

AirAsia X Eyes a UK Comeback With Kuala Lumpur-Gatwick Via Bahrain

AirAsia X looks set to make another run at the UK market—this time with a fundamentally different operating concept from...

February 10, 2026 John Cushma 581

Air Routes

Gulf Air’s Summer 2026 Leisure Push: Bahrain Adds Nonstops to Malaga and Egypt’s North Coast

Gulf Air is leaning further into seasonal leisure flying for Summer 2026, rolling out two twice-weekly routes from Bahrain International...

January 27, 2026 John Cushma 442

Air Routes

Gulf Air Brings Back Geneva and Nice-With A321 Tag Flights Via Milan This Summer

Gulf Air (GF) is returning to two of its most leisure-skewed European seasonal markets in summer 2026, reinstating service from...

January 9, 2026 John Cushma 494

Airlines

A Dreamliner for a Commuter Hop: Qatar’s Shortest 787 Sector

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner was built for marathon missions: long, thin routes where its composite airframe, efficient engines, and passenger-comfort...

December 24, 2025 John Cushma 462