Air travel across the Middle East continues gradually stabilizing more than five months after the outbreak of the U.S.-Iran conflict severely disrupted one of the world's busiest aviation corridors, though several major hubs remain constrained by damaged infrastructure, safety advisories and ongoing regional hostilities.

The Iran war triggered widespread airspace closures beginning Feb. 28, when U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran plunged the region into conflict, grounding tens of thousands of flights and severing key global transit hubs connecting Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. According to travel platform Wego, the resulting grounding of flights and temporary isolation of mega-hubs like Dubai and Doha represented the most disruptive systemic shock to global aviation since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Several major hubs are now operating close to normal levels. The United Arab Emirates, home to Dubai and Abu Dhabi, is described as fully open, according to Wego's most recent assessment. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman are all described as largely open, though each continues to carry some operational caveats depending on the specific airport and airline involved. Dubai International Airport is running flights across all three of its terminals, and Qatar Airways confirmed earlier this summer that it had restored flights to 85% of its pre-crisis schedule levels.

Kuwait represents the clearest ongoing........

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