Airline Stocks Tumble as Iran War Expands Across Middle East
Higher fuel prices and lower demand for international flights are eating into airlines’ profits.

The war in the Middle East triggered by the joint US and Israeli attack on Iran expanded dramatically on Monday, with casualties and destruction reported across at least nine countries, including major strikes on Tehran.Since the US and Israel first struck Iran with bombing and missile attacks over the weekend, the speed at which this war has exploded into…
Higher fuel prices and lower demand for international flights are eating into airlines’ profits.
Iranian attacks criss-crossing the Persian Gulf caused serious disruption to critical infrastructure and energy flows.
Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi previewed a future where Iran and Israel are at peace on Sunday, following the death of Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Pahlavi, who has lived in exile for 47 years, described Khamenei’s death as an “earthshattering event,” as it marks the end of “the chief monster of these monsters.” He addressed the…
Early Saturday morning, February 28, Europeans woke up to the news that U.S. President Donald Trump had launched missile strikes against Iran. Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, the Shiite fundamentalist who had been leading Iran since 1989, was killed — and the Middle Eastern conflict escalated when Iranian missiles aimed at U.S. military installations in…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday said President Trump has launched an “all-out war” in the Middle East after a series of strikes on Iran over the weekend. Jeffries and other Democrats have remained unsupportive of the attacks, questioning the military strategy in the region given past tensions and alleging Trump’s actions are…
The U.S. and Israel launched the first strikes in the early morning of Saturday.
NY Post readers discuss the United States and Israel’s attack on Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth discusses U.S. military operations against Iran as more American forces deploy to the Middle East in escalating campaign.