The situation across the region remains fluid following the military escalation between the United States, Israel and Iran. While some airspace has partially reopened, significant restrictions and operational limitations remain in place, and airlines continue to adjust services with little notice as governments and aviation authorities assess security risks.
Several countries across the Middle East have implemented full or partial airspace closures, impacting key aviation hubs and major global transit routes. As a result, airlines are operating reduced schedules, rerouted services and in some cases continued suspensions, particularly to destinations including Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Tel Aviv and other regional airports.
Although some limited services and relief flights have begun operating, overall airline capacity in the region remains constrained and recovery is expected to take time as aircraft and crews are repositioned and security assessments continue.
What Gray Dawes Travel Is Doing
Throughout this situation, Gray Dawes Travel remains ALWAYS ON.
Our teams of dedicated travel consultants and operational specialists have been working around the clock to support our clients and their travellers.
Since the situation first developed:
- All travellers identified as impacted have been contacted directly with personalised updates and support regarding their travel plans.
- Our teams have been rebooking, rerouting and advising travellers where disruption has occurred.
- We continue to review all future itineraries in priority order based on travel dates and will proactively contact travellers where adjustments may be required.
- Our Operations and Supplier Relations teams are monitoring airline communications, aviation authority updates and airspace status in real time.
We are also continuing to monitor developments relating to additional airline services and recovery operations, including limited relief and repatriation flights where these are being made available.
For further information, please refer to official government advisory resources:
What Clients Should Do
If you have travellers currently in the region, or with travel planned in the coming days:
- Please ensure travellers remain reachable via their booking contact details.
- Consider whether any upcoming travel to the region remains business-critical.
- Contact your dedicated Gray Dawes Travel Team on your usual number if you would like us to review any upcoming itineraries that we haven’t already updated.
We would once again like to thank our clients for your continued patience, cooperation and support during this challenging and fast-moving situation.
Please be assured that your travellers’ safety and wellbeing remain our highest priority. Our teams will continue to monitor developments closely and communicate directly with affected travellers as the situation evolves.
If you require any assistance at all, please do not hesitate to contact your Gray Dawes Travel Team.
Safe travels!