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Middle East Airlines updates weekend flight schedule amid ongoing regional conflict

Middle East Airlines (MEA), Lebanon’s national carrier, has released an updated flight schedule for the weekend as tensions continue to escalate in the Middle East. The announcement comes roughly a week after the outbreak of a new phase of hostilities in the region. Despite the volatile security......

Royal Air Maroc repatriates 270 Moroccans stranded in Dubai amid Middle East airspace disruptions

After several days of major disruptions to air travel across the Middle East, Morocco has begun repatriating its citizens who were stranded abroad following widespread airspace closures linked to regional tensions. A special repatriation flight operated by Royal Air Maroc landed at Mohammed V International......

Iran conflict could erase $56 billion from Middle East tourism, report says

The growing military confrontation involving Iran could wipe out up to $56 billion in tourism revenue across the Middle East this year, according to a new analysis by Tourism Economics, a research unit of Oxford Economics. The report estimates that international visitor arrivals to the region could......

Radio frequency failure disrupts air traffic across Greece

Air traffic across Greece was significantly disrupted on Sunday morning due to a technical malfunction involving radio frequencies, according to the country’s civil aviation authority. Officials said that several frequencies serving the Athens Flight Information Region (FIR) experienced failures,......

Lithuania declares state of emergency over smuggling balloons from Belarus

Lithuania announced on Tuesday that it has enacted a state of emergency in response to a series of security threats linked to smuggling balloons allegedly launched from Belarus. According to Lithuanian authorities, traffickers have been using meteorological balloons to transport illegal cigarettes across......