AGBI
Gavin Gibbon
01 Mar 2026
Escalating conflict in the Middle East is paralysing one of the world’s most important aviation corridors, grounding Gulf super-connectors and forcing European carriers to redraw global flight paths.
Airspace over Iran, Israel, Iraq, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Syria and the UAE remained closed on Sunday morning, with a partial closure in Saudi Arabia.
Jordanian and Lebanese airspace is open but with limited traffic.
The disruption follows coordinated strikes by the US and Israel on Iran on Saturday, which killed Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Planes remain grounded as Middle East conflict rages | AGBI | 01 Mar 2026
