Do many passengers use airlines from the Gulf region again?

Do many passengers use airlines from the Gulf region again? Answer: The Gulf Airlines have reported back for some time despite the Iran conflict and accordingly record transit traffic. Although not at the level as before the Iran crisis. And so some passengers continue to use alternatives. "When the Iran war began and the airlines of the Gulf region stopped traffic, our airline passengers were in line at the ticket counters," tells Ibrahim Canliel, CEO of the airline Air Astana from Kazakhstan, in a KURIER interview. "Many had to buy new tickets and Air Astana was one of the alternatives," said Canliel. Although he knew that this boom would only be temporary, he notices that there are passengers who avoid transiting in the Gulf region. "The passengers have found that there are convenient options. Such as, for us in Almaty, to transfer," said the CEO. The Air Astana group has a state-of-the-art fleet of 63 Airbus and Boeing aircraft with an average age of only seven years. "Our airports are not huge, but manageable. In addition, some passengers are afraid of the Gulf region because the risk of getting stranded again is too great," says Canliel. The recent attacks on civil airports in Saudi Arabia last weekend or the thwarted hijacking of a FlyDubai plane on its way to Tel Aviv will probably confirm for some travelers to look for alternative routes outside the Gulf region. To the author: Kurt Hofmann has been a journalist for thirty years and has been a aviation expert for international television stations since 2000. Comments