迪拜酋长航空上半年利润下降三分之二，伊朗战争导致中转旅客远离海湾枢纽，霍尔木兹海峡关闭推高了航空燃油价格。得益于健康的货运业务和燃油套期保值，该航空公司仍保持盈利。与此同时，战争使迪拜的天空向酋长航空倾斜。3月无人机袭击迪拜国际机场后，当局曾短暂暂停外国航空公司运营。
Emirates’ half-year profits fell by two-thirds, with the Iran war keeping transit passengers away from Gulf hubs and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz sending jet fuel prices soaring. The airline was kept in the black by a healthy cargo business and fuel hedges. Simultaneously, the war has tilted Dubai’s skies in Emirates’ favor. After drones targeted Dubai International in March, authorities briefly suspended foreign airlines.
随后当局将外航限制为每天一班往返，而酋长航空及其姊妹航空公司迪拜航空却运行数百个航班——导致一些印度航空公司抱怨竞争环境不公。大多数竞争对手尚未复飞；不过，英国航空本周恢复了伦敦至迪拜航线，这是战争爆发以来该航司首次重返该航线。
They then limited them to one round trip a day while Emirates and sister carrier flydubai ran hundreds — leading some Indian carriers to complain of an uneven playing field. Most of Emirates’ rivals have yet to come back; still, British Airways this week resumed its London-Dubai route, returning for the first time since the war began.
