{"id":379261,"date":"2026-03-02T09:44:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T23:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/australianaviation.com.au\/?p=1428933"},"modified":"2026-03-02T09:44:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T23:44:47","slug":"aviation-upended-as-gulf-airspace-closures-continue-amid-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=379261","title":{"rendered":"Aviation upended as Gulf airspace closures continue amid Iran war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI2NDAiIGhlaWdodD0iMzYwIj48cmVjdCB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDAlIj48YW5pbWF0ZSBhdHRyaWJ1dGVOYW1lPSJmaWxsIiB2YWx1ZXM9InJnYmEoMTUzLDE1MywxNTMsMC41KTtyZ2JhKDE1MywxNTMsMTUzLDAuMSk7cmdiYSgxNTMsMTUzLDE1MywwLjUpIiBkdXI9IjJzIiByZXBlYXRDb3VudD0iaW5kZWZpbml0ZSIgLz48L3JlY3Q+PC9zdmc+\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image wp-image-1428935 wp-post-1428933\" alt=\"\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" data-public-id=\"Australian Aviation\/1772354255695_exvaoy\/1772354255695_exvaoy.jpg\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-transformations=\"f_auto\" data-version=\"1772408158\" data-seo=\"1\" data-responsive=\"1\" data-size=\"640 360\" data-delivery=\"upload\" onload=\";window.CLDBind?CLDBind(this):null;\" data-cloudinary=\"lazy\" \/>Airports in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Doha \u2013 all major hubs for travel between Australia and Europe \u2013 remain closed, with both Dubai International and Abu Dhabi airports having sustained damage. Flights from Australia to Europe through the Gulf have been turned back, diverted, or cancelled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Airports in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Doha \u2013 all major hubs for travel between Australia and Europe \u2013 remain closed, with both Dubai International and Abu Dhabi airports having sustained damage. Flights from Australia to Europe through the Gulf have been t&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[476,273,312,471],"tags":[472],"class_list":["post-379261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airlines","category-australia","category-aviation","category-news","tag-australian"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=379261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":379262,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379261\/revisions\/379262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=379261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=379261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=379261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}