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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Nick Evershed, Oliver Holmes and Tural Ahmedzade

How the US-Israeli war on Iran created a massive hole in global airspace

Passengers sit with their luggage
Passengers stranded by the closure of Dubai international airport in the United Arab Emirates wait in the car park. Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

A war engulfing the Middle East has cleared the region’s skies, forcing airlines to make drastic rerouting plans and leaving a massive void in usually busy global airspace.

With Israel and the US bombing Iran day after day – and Tehran responding with waves of missiles and drones attacks – airlines have been forced to divert their passenger jets away from the Gulf or risk a catastrophic accident.

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