4 March 2026

Continued Gulf airspace closures affect capacity on key lanes

Latest Aevean Insight: A nearly 40% capacity drop across the Asia-Middle East/South Asia-Europe corridor pulls global capacity 21% below pre-Chinese New Year levels.

Capacity to/from the Middle East & South Asia region is down ~60% and also direct capacity between Asia-Europe is in the red, compared to the last representative date range unaffected by CNY.