We exist in a very interconnected world, both globally and locally. Another reason to continue our current efforts to connect with and to solidify our relationships with our community of local travel and hospitality organizations such as SF Travel, ITMI, the Sonoma Valley Visitor Bureau, and the San Francisco Historical Society; to name just a few.
For example, the SFHS has expressed that they often get requests for tours but have no mechanism to respond to those requests. And that is their response to those inquirers. DUH!!!
By Bailey Berg
March 25, 2026 - AFAR
Extra layovers, longer routes, and increasing airfares—even travelers who aren’t flying anywhere near the conflict might feel the effects.
As the war in the Middle East continues, airlines around the world have been rapidly redrawing their flight maps. They are avoiding large swaths of Middle Eastern airspace and rerouting long-haul flights that normally pass through one of aviation’s most important crossroads; in some cases, they have been forced to cancel service altogether as conditions change on the ground.
The airspace closures add another major gap to an already fragmented map of global skies. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, much of that region’s airspace has been off-limits to international airlines. Meanwhile, the ongoing conflict in Israel and Gaza has also periodically restricted flights across parts of the Eastern Mediterranean. Now, with Iranian airspace and neighboring countries and regions becoming increasingly risky or restricted, airlines flying between Europe, Asia, and Australia are left with fewer safe and available corridors to cross Eurasia.
Complicating matters further, some airports in the region, including Dubai International Airport (DXB) and Doha’s Hamad International Airport (DOH) in Qatar, have at times temporarily halted operations since the conflict began on February 28; they’ve had to pause arrivals and departures during periods of heightened military activity or security threats. Those shutdowns, even when brief, trigger cascading delays across airline networks.
Taken together, the closures are forcing airlines to rethink routes that, until recently, formed a critical backbone of global long-haul travel.
https://www.afar.com/magazine/how-global-flights-are-being-affected-by-the-middle-east-war?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DailyWander_Actives_040126&utm_content=B&utm_term=Daily%20Wander%20Newsletter%20%28365%20Actives%29
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