Al Jazeera
German aviation giant Lufthansa has warned it faced heightened uncertainty because of the unfolding conflict, adding the fallout showed how vulnerable air traffic remains to geopolitical shocks.
The war has caused the biggest disruption to air travel since the Covid pandemic. Airspace across the region was forced to close and airports including Dubai and Doha, crucial transit hubs for passengers on long-haul flights, were shuttered.
“The war in the Middle East proves once again how exposed air traffic is and how vulnerable it remains, even though the industry is now more resilient to crises than it used to be,” Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr said.
The group said that “developments in the Middle East and the associated geopolitical consequences for the global economy increase the medium- and long-term forecast uncertainty”.
The war has caused the biggest disruption to air travel since the Covid pandemic. Airspace across the region was forced to close and airports including Dubai and Doha, crucial transit hubs for passengers on long-haul flights, were shuttered.
“The war in the Middle East proves once again how exposed air traffic is and how vulnerable it remains, even though the industry is now more resilient to crises than it used to be,” Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr said.
The group said that “developments in the Middle East and the associated geopolitical consequences for the global economy increase the medium- and long-term forecast uncertainty”.
