It has been a rough 11 days globally, but particularly in the Middle East, ever since the United States and Israel attacked Iran, only to have Iran respond by firing endless missiles at nearby countries. While Gulf carriers have had their operations greatly impacted, Bahrain-based Gulf Air has probably faced the strictest restrictions. The airline…
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So why is DOH still operating while BAH isn't.
Both have military bases, even Saudi has military operations.
Is DOH actually operating? DXB starts and stops as it literally keeps getting hit by drones… insane.
I wonde how DXB operates dozens of flights a day while Qatar and Bahrain don't. How is their airspace safer?
DOH is not operating, there has just 15 evacuation flights a day only from yesterday instead of the usual 400.
Emirates is operating the most flights, by far. It is operating flights to 7 cities in the US including 2 to JFK. They established a nice flight corridor over Saudi Arabia.
Furthermore Jazeera airways in Kuwait is now operating the hub out of Qaisumah–Hafar Al-Batin International Airport in northwestern Saudi Arabia. This is barely across the border from kuwait who's airspace is also still completely closed.
They are only operating to Egypt and Amman at the moment
I wonder if it's to do with the flights paths that they can take. Doha and Bahrain have a real issue in that all flights near to use the persian gulf to land/take off due to the direction of the runways. The flights arriving and leaving DXB seem to be able to fly in/out of actual land, I guess this makes i much easier/possible to create corridors of safety?
Why don't these countries kick our bases out and chart their own destinations.
US and Israel need to be kicked out of the Middle East.
P.S. Release the Epstein files, orange chump.
Other gulf airlines like Jazeera, Kuwait and Qatar have also started operating out of Saudi airports, they then move their passengers by land.
Read your childhood history books BZ, you might learn one very important fact about Isreal. For millions of years numerous tribes and nations have tried to chase the Jewish people off their land. All have failed, but none so spectacular as your failure to gain support from the thinking people who follow this website.
Antisemites do not rule herein, OK!
Thought of this since past week, Emirates/Etihad can also setup temporary "hub" in Oman, Muscat or even better Salalah, and bus the passengers to those airports
Exactly. That's what I thought, Nic123. Nothing 'normal' about DOH these days. At all.
All DXB/AUH arrive from the south over-land. Departures take a sharp left hand turn 500ft above ground so they don't fly over water. And most flights don't switch on their transponders till they're at higher altitude and clear of the immediate airspace around the airport.
Doing this kind of operations in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Doha is almost impossible as you have to be over water for a significant amount of the departure and arrival part.
Kuwait, Bahrain, and Doha are also much closer to Iranian military positions so drone attacks have less reaction time compared to DXB/AUH
This subject is completely academic unless one is trying to fly to the ME, yes?
Click-bait only, however, clicks do lead to flight reviews …. 🙂
Unfortunately, Oman got attacked today, too, so no where in the region is 'clear' for now.
Unlike Dammam, one of the largest airports in the world in terms of overall area, Muscat and Salalah have very limited space to accommodate foreign aircraft.
Lindesy Graham said Saudi Arabia you are with us or be prepared to suffer the consequences. This type of " tough talk " will only rip apart the fragile relationships we have left. God help us.
Has Israel chosen the next Jeffrey Epstein yet?
Why did every living ex-chief of Mossad attend the funeral of Epstein's father?
Wait, the same Lindsey Graham who’s always feuding with his Mee-Maw on Late Night with Seth Meyers, that Lindsey Graham?? Sheesh!
Gosh. The same dude with the orange lips? Idk. Apparently he is trying to insert himself into making this mess more difficult for everyone.
You’re thinking of Ghislaine Maxwell’s father, Robert Maxwell, who was a rich, influential Jew. It’s no surprise that the who’s who of Israeli government attended his funeral, which took place in Israel. Perhaps you should look further afield than The Militant and the Socialist Worker for the news and information you rely upon to write your unhinged rants?
I’d be interested in an article on where the other Middle East airlines are stashing their planes. There were 5 QR 777s at MEL this afternoon and another 777 and an a380 at SYD when I landed. However the 5 or 6 EK A380s that were at Sydney last week seem to have gone along with the EY aircraft that were there.
It was Ghislaine Maxwell's father, BZ, not Epstein's. Not that it matters to the likes of you, since all Jews are equally evil, right? Whatever you're huffing, you should stop. It's melted your brain.
MSB in Saudia Arabia would laugh at powder-puff Lindsey Graham's 'threats'!
He'd eat him for breakfast, but I guess he would quite enjoy that....