Bahrain, Egypt, UAE & Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Qatar. Qatar aircraft ban
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Bahrain, Egypt, UAE & Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Qatar. Qatar aircraft ban
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE and Egypt are accusing Qatar of creating instability in the region and funding terror groups.
Qatari Aircraft will be banned from overflying these countries.
Qatari Aircraft will be banned from overflying these countries.
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Definitely not good for QR. Expect short term chaos followed by recriminations , apologies then quid pro quo then back to a " new " normal. Meanwhile , expect the Yanks and U.K. to be playing both sides as usual. This has the POTUS's attention , well maybe. The Shia - Sunni proxy kerfuffle continues unabated. All it will take is an unfortunate loss of face incident and the Gulf gets crazy. Oil price likely to skyrocket. Next the Iranians will ban GF and EK. Time for the popcorn.
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I think a lot of what has been written here re overflying anywhere can be discoiunted.
As I write, Planefinder shows 10 of Qatar's aircraft overhead Saudi Arabia, 9 overhead UAE, 8 overhead Iraq etc.
1 of those over Saudi is headed for Luxor, Egypt. Others will be routing across Egypt en route to Spain. Those overflying Iraq are mainly bound for Europe, and appear to be routing via Syria.
So, to sum up; nothing is happening with Qatari flights.
As I write, Planefinder shows 10 of Qatar's aircraft overhead Saudi Arabia, 9 overhead UAE, 8 overhead Iraq etc.
1 of those over Saudi is headed for Luxor, Egypt. Others will be routing across Egypt en route to Spain. Those overflying Iraq are mainly bound for Europe, and appear to be routing via Syria.
So, to sum up; nothing is happening with Qatari flights.
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I think a lot of what has been written here re overflying anywhere can be discoiunted.
As I write, Planefinder shows 10 of Qatar's aircraft overhead Saudi Arabia, 9 overhead UAE, 8 overhead Iraq etc.
1 of those over Saudi is headed for Luxor, Egypt. Others will be routing across Egypt en route to Spain. Those overflying Iraq are mainly bound for Europe, and appear to be routing via Syria.
So, to sum up; nothing is happening with Qatari flights.
As I write, Planefinder shows 10 of Qatar's aircraft overhead Saudi Arabia, 9 overhead UAE, 8 overhead Iraq etc.
1 of those over Saudi is headed for Luxor, Egypt. Others will be routing across Egypt en route to Spain. Those overflying Iraq are mainly bound for Europe, and appear to be routing via Syria.
So, to sum up; nothing is happening with Qatari flights.
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A couple of airspace closures could sure mess things up though...
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