The world has been here before. Conflict reshaping the skies overnight – but rarely quite like this. Since US and Israeli strikes on Iran began on 28 February, the Middle East has gone from being the engine room of global aviation to a no-fly zone of staggering proportions.
More than 46,000 flights in and out of the region were cancelled in less than two weeks, a region which would ordinarily see nearly 300,000 people pass through one of its airports with approximately 70% transiting to a connecting flight.
