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Updated on 23 July at 12:30 PM. European companies AIR FRANCE-KLM: AIR FRANCE had temporarily resumed its flights to and from Riyadh on 6 June 2026, to Tel Aviv on 3 July 2026 and Dubai on 6 July 2026. Service to Beirut is expected on 21 July 2026. However, the security situation has...

Updated on 29 June at 3:00 PM A company-by-company update on cancelled flights in June in the Near and Middle East. European airlines AIR FRANCE-KLM AIR FRANCE: Tel Aviv services suspended until 1 July, with Beirut and Dubai services suspended until 5 July (i.e. until 6 July for the...

The game of communicating vessels. If the Radisson group has lost a property in Dubai – the Radisson Blu Dubai Media City closed at the end of April for renovation before changing hands next year – it has already compensated for this loss with the opening of the Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Barsha Heights. Located in a district…

The Gulf airports, normally so verbose in discussing their traffic records, have been remarkably silent since the start of the war between Iran and the United States. No information has emerged concerning the decline they have experienced since Iran began sending drones to infrastructure in its neighbours' territories. Only one airport has broken...

Updated on 27 May at 10:00 am. Although cancellations have fallen below April’s record high of 10,100 Q3 flights, according to Cirium, the situation in the Middle East remains turbulent, and rising oil prices and kerosene supply difficulties are weighing on the global aviation industry. An updated overview, airline by airline,…

If it is difficult to find an advantage in the current war in the Persian Gulf, the situation nonetheless has a trump card conferred by the Emirate's authorities on local carriers: that of restricting the number of flights by foreign airlines. Indeed, since the gradual resumption of flights to the metropolis's airports,...

The image truly stuck with people: the façade of the Burj Al Arab damaged by debris from an intercepted Iranian drone. It was like an act of lèse-majesté for this emblem of Dubai, a collateral victim of the conflict that suddenly ignited the Gulf. "The emblem of the region," as Julien Soyez, the vice-president of communications, describes it...

Updated Monday 13 April at 09:30 The ceasefire between the United States, Israel and Iran is having positive effects on air transport in the Middle East. While European or Asian airlines are maintaining the suspension of their routes to several destinations – Air France has extended the halt of its flights to Dubai, Riyadh, Tel…

Updated on Thursday 16 April at 17:00 Since 28 February, the skies over the Middle East have been in turmoil, even if some companies, particularly from the Gulf, are regaining momentum. An updated overview of flight cancellations and suspensions by airline, and the outlook for the summer season. European Airlines AIR FRANCE has suspended…

Updated on Tuesday 24 March at 3:00 PM Air France will not operate any flights to/from Tel Aviv and Beirut until 4 April inclusive, nor any connections to and from Dubai and Riyadh before 28 March. While several carriers have already postponed services to Near and Middle Eastern metropolises to a later date,...

Updated Thursday 12 March at 10:00 AM How to escape the throes of war in the Middle East? Since February 28th, the launch of American and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28th and the subsequent Iranian responses have led to over 20,000 flights being cancelled in the first few days, according to Cirium,...

The current situation at 3.30pm on Friday 12 March. Since the launch of the American and Israeli strikes on Iran on 28 February and the subsequent Iranian retaliation, the skies over the Middle East have been closed to civilian flights in many airspaces, both in Israel and Iran, but also in...

The consequences of both the Israeli-American strikes and the Iranian response to the "Epic Fury" military operation have dramatically altered the state of travel in the Near and Middle East. A state of emergency has been declared in Israel, and Iranian drone attacks in the Gulf States have targeted not only US military and diplomatic sites, but also airports and airfields.

Against the backdrop of the American-Israeli strikes on Iran and Iran's retaliation against the Gulf States, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs updated its travel advice on 28 February and 1 March, advising against travel to all countries. The Quai d'Orsay is also calling on French nationals...

The launch by the United States and Israel of large-scale attacks against Iran has had an immediate consequence for all travellers: the dislocation of the Persian Gulf as the world's hub. While airlines had decided a few weeks ago to temporarily suspend some of their routes for security reasons...

It's not easy to keep track of all the different annual reports published by the various players in the travel industry. But some figures stand out more than others... And with 95.2 million passengers in 2025, Dubai airport can boast nothing less than the highest annual international passenger traffic...

Dubai's hotel offering took on a new dimension last November with the opening of Ciel Dubai Marina, the world's tallest tower entirely dedicated to the hotel industry. At 377 metres and 82 storeys high, this skyscraper houses a hotel with more than 1,000 rooms and suites - affiliated to the...

On 22 November last, COP 30 came to an end in Belem, Brazil. That's two years, almost to the day, after the start of COP 28 in Dubai. From the Amazon to the Emirati desert, a single guideline for the world is emerging, a single imperative: to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions....

Are you satisfied with Emirates' current presence in France? Cédric Renard - We're very happy with our current schedule, with three flights a day between Paris and Dubai, all by A380, plus one flight a day from Nice, also by A380, and daily service to Lyon by A350. For...

The world of new technologies is converging in Dubai today. From 13 to 17 October, thousands of companies and start-ups, and almost as many investors, gathered at GITEX Global. It's the biggest event of the year for everything to do with innovation and artificial intelligence, and among other topics, it will put the spotlight on...