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 United States has ordered citizens across the Middle East to swiftly depart in the wake of strikes on Iran. U.S. embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have been closed after Tehran struck both consulates. The State Department has also instructed Americans to leave Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, Kuwait,…
Higher fuel prices and lower demand for international flights are eating into airlines’ profits.
After the United States and Israel’s blistering opening strikes against Iran, Tehran turned the conflict into a regional conflict, firing drone and missile salvos at key facilities across and beyond the Middle East. In the aftermath of the joint U.S.-Israeli strike on Saturday morning, Iran fired drones and missiles at no fewer than 10 countries:…
The US State Department has issued one of its broadest emergency advisories in years, urging American citizens to immediately leave more than a dozen Middle Eastern countries as the regional conflict intensifies and security risks multiply amid unchecked escalation.