Why are some airlines lowering flight prices in the middle of the war in the Middle East’?

The war in ’ caused energy and fuel prices to skyrocket, but another interesting trend that could actually benefit travelers has also developed.

According to an analysis by flight comparison site FlightsFinder.com, some affordable airlines, such as Ryanair, WizzAir and EasyJet, charge their fares. %From 10 to %It appears to have dropped by 30 percent.

Founder Shahab Siddiqui Europe in Motion’a “Our fee history shows a steady decline in prices over the past few months, ” said. For example, “UKRoutes from ’ to European destinations such as Nice, Palma and Barcelona %From 10 to %It's down by 30. ”

According to experts, lowering prices is part of some airlines' strategy to make travel as attractive as possible to potential customers. weaker demand and broader economic lossesThis is what the industry is currently facing.

Such discount prices can be reached through fuel risk hedging, which allows airlines to fix or cap fuel prices for a certain period of time. But Siddiqui warned that these competitive prices would not be sustainable in the long run.

“These agreements will expire in the second half of this year, which is expected to trigger a universal price increase on all intra-European routes.”

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Although some holidaymakers travelling within Europe can still find cheap tickets, those traveling further afield probably won't have the same chance, given that non-European destinations are more affected by disruptions due to the conflict in the Middle East’ and increases in fuel prices.

As FlightFinder’'s research shows, prices have been approximating in recent weeks. %With an increase of 300%, important corridors between Asia and Europe were particularly affected.

The London-Singapore route saw one of the sharpest increases; The average ticket fares increased from about 600 Euro’ to almost 1,800 Euro’. London’ to Bangkok’ %A similar increase of 273’ was recorded.

Currently, however, some of the most expensive tickets are for the Frankfurt-Singapore and Paris-Bangkok routes, with round-trip tickets currently selling for around 2,800 Euro’.

According to FlightFinder’, some airlines have increased fares, while others have canceled flights altogether; KLM withdrew 50 flights due to operational costs.

Other airlines are trying to offset high costs with price increases: According to FlightFinder’, Air France and Lufthansa have introduced an additional fee of 10 Euro’ on all medium and long-haul routes.

Snapshot of airspace between Europe, Africa and Asia seen on Monday, May 25, 2026

Which airlines are rerouting flights and where?

While flying through Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Doha’'s usual super-connector hubs has become riskier, some carriers are heading to Istanbul and Cairo’ye, or even Ethiopia’ye, for destinations such as the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean’.

In the report of FlightsFinder’, “Passengers are actively rebooking Turkish Airlines ’ as a result of joint alliances to stay in Istanbul’ and dodge the Gulf countries.

Other airlines, such as British Airways and Cathay Pacific, have increased the number of direct routes to Asia’, completely bypassing stopovers in the Gulf’, and adding direct flights to Bangkok and Singapore’a once a week.

What should travelers do to minimize time and money losses?

FlightFinder warns that long-haul flyers should expect their journey to take an estimated one to four hours longer than usual, given that routes that are usually direct now also include pauses due to refueling or rerouting needs.

In light of this, travel experts recommend leaving a waiting period of at least three hours, as “rota congestion can disrupt the synchronization of schedules.

Experts also recommend booking flexible tickets to minimize disruption, as well as requesting a refund if the route is severely disrupted.

Do you automatically receive a refund on non-European flights?

No, no, no, no. Unlike AB’den or countries like the US and UK, worldwide refunds are not always guaranteed.

Passengers should check the country-specific laws and the airline's policies in case of any disruption before traveling.

Another suggestion is to fly as lightly as possible.

Baggage handling systems are under increasing pressure as flights are unexpectedly redirected and routed through alternative hubs.

FlightsFinder recommends that if you have “, insert a smart GPS tracker like Apple AirTag into it so you can locate it if it's lost due to a chaotic connection, ” advises.

The U.S. and Azerbaijan started to implement important projects after the Trump peace agreement

As Washington seeks to transform its new strategic partnership with Azerbaijan’ into concrete infrastructure projects, a US ’ technical delegation in Baku’ has concluded talks on Trump’'s International Peace and Prosperity Route (TRIPP) corridor.

The U.S. Agency for Trade and Development (USTDA) wrapped up the visit on Wednesday and announced that its goal is to advance ’'s shared strategic infrastructure priorities between the two countries, which are part of the U.S.-Azerbaijan Strategic Partnership Charter, signed during Vice-President J.D. Vance’'s visit to Baku’ in February.

Sara Leming, USTDA’'s country manager for Europe and Eurasia’, told euronews’e that the strategic geographical location of “Azerbaijan’ makes it an indispensable hub on the Trans-Caspian Transit Route connecting Central Asia’ to West’.” said.

The “ Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity will make this corridor even more important. Regional connectivity is a key area for cooperation under our Strategic Partnership Charter and is something USTDA’ explores during these missions.”

Washington’'s infrastructure move

TRIPP is a 42-kilometer railway and road corridor that passes through the territory of Armenia, mediated by US President Donald Trump’, as part of the peace declaration signed between Armenia and Azerbaijan in August 2025’te White House’.

China and Central Asia, also known as the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, form the South Caucasus link in the wider Central Corridor connecting ’ to Europe’ via Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey.

USTDA said it is researching projects with Azerbaijani colleagues on liquefied natural gas, civil nuclear energy, electricity transmission, artificial intelligence infrastructure, cyber security and digital connectivity; “Azerbaijan stated that ’ supports long-term energy security while ” develops its economic and strategic interests.

Leming said the agency aims to move early-stage infrastructure concepts forward through feasibility studies, technical assistance and pilot programs designed to attract private capital.

“AzerbaijanWe see real opportunities in ’, ” said.

Speaking to Euronews’e, Leming said that since “ Vice President Vance and President Aliyev signed the Charter ’ in February, the US government has been working with our Azerbaijani partners to fully implement this historic agreement to the benefit of both our countries through concrete projects and programs such as those offered by USTDA. ” said.

Both Azerbaijan and Armenia are working on reshaping the East-West energy and logistics flows of Washington’ and developing the transit route that Europe’ sees as central to reducing its dependence on traditional supply routes.

Energy security role

Azerbaijan’'s position in the heart of the newly emerging TRIPP corridor is no coincidence; The country has spent two decades building its pipeline infrastructure, which now makes it one of Europe’'s most strategically important energy partners.

The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline and the Southern Gas Corridor (SGC) connect Caspian ’'s energy sources directly to Turkey and Europe ’ by bypassing both the Russian ’ and the Strait of Hormuz ’.

BTC, which connects Caspian, Black Sea and Mediterranean ’, has a capacity of about 1.2 million barrels per day and strengthened its role as a regional diversification tool by transporting crude oil from Azerbaijan’ as well as Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan’.

According to the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan, the country has proven reserves of about 7 billion barrels of oil and 2.6 trillion cubic meters of natural gas.

In 2025, it produced more than 27 million tons of crude oil and 51.5 billion cubic meters of gas, more than triple 2007 gas production. Azerbaijan currently exports oil to about 30 countries and gas to 16 countries, including 10’u EU member states.

Southern Gas Corridor and Europe

AB’'s gas import dependency is now %With its exceeding 85’i, the SGC became the main pillar of European supply security and opened the bloc's fourth gas supply corridor, with Azerbaijani gas reaching Europe’ for the first time through the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) in 2020’.

2025’te delivered approximately 13 billion cubic meters of gas to European markets; this is approx. compared to 2021’e more.

According to Azerbaijani figures, 267 billion cubic meters of gas and more than 52 million tons of condensate have been produced so far in the Shah Deniz field, which is the main source of supply for the corridor.

Following the strategic partnership agreement signed by the EU and Azerbaijan, 2022’de Bucharest’te Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania and Hungary, Europe is also developing three green energy corridors to bring renewable electricity to ’.

Corridors covering the Caspian-Black Sea-Europe route, the Azerbaijan-Turkey-Europe route and the Central Asia-Azerbaijan-Europe connection are designed to enable large-scale electricity trade from renewable sources.

AB’'s parallel move

On Wednesday, as the USTDA delegation completed its visit to Baku, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas was in Luxembourg’, where she told foreign ministers that Azerbaijan’ remains an important partner in “energy and connectivity issues.

At a press conference ahead of the Foreign Affairs Council meeting, “ said that we want to deepen our ties and will continue negotiations on a new bilateral cooperation agreement soon.

Ministers emphasized that the European ’ has a strategic interest in a stable and secure South Caucasus ’, while Kallas said that the Armenia-Azerbaijan normalization process is “ extremely important for the EU.

He completed his words as follows: “ Progress in the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process is a real opportunity for the region and significantly increases EU support.”

Intensity is experienced in large ports that host sea lines from As ⁇ ya ⁇ to Avrupa ⁇

It has passed approximately 24 thousand ge ⁇ mi since 2023 ⁇ from the Suez Canal and therefore Kızılde ⁇ niz ⁇ . 12-13 percent of world trade, 20-25 percent of world container traffic, about 10 percent of marine oil and 8 percent of liquefied natural gas reach their addresses through Red Sea crossings.

According to the news of Necmi Çelik ⁇ in from Dünya ⁇ dan, the effort to strengthen stocks for the rest of the year by taking into account the disruptions in the supply chain of global retailers and manufacturers further increases the pressure on logistics routes. While the Red Sea crisis has significantly disrupted global maritime traffic and trade, this difficult situation is expected to continue for a long time. The picture becomes clearer when it is thought that sea freights, which are at 1,390 do ⁇ s in October 2023, have tripled since January 2024 ⁇ .

Difficulties will linger for a long time

On the other hand, in the traffic from Asya ⁇ to Av ⁇ rupa ⁇ , there is a great density in important ports, especially Singapore, which is on the Cape of Good Hope route. While the density of important ports increases with China's Shanghai, Singapore Port, the second largest container port in the world, is witnessing the most congested period of the last 20 months.

Difficulties will linger for a long time

On the other hand, in the traffic from Asya ⁇ to Av ⁇ rupa ⁇ , there is a great density in important ports, especially Singapore, which is on the Cape of Good Hope route. While the density of important ports increases with China's Shanghai, Singapore Port, the second largest container port in the world, is witnessing the most congested period of the last 20 months.

It is stated that more than 90 percent of the container ships could not reach the ports at the times they were targeted, serious disruptions occurred in the handling and the number of ships anchored in the ports and waiting for their turn increased. It is pointed out that the demand for containers has also increased significantly due to delays in loading and unloading.

The risk of this situation being reflected in the large ports of Europe such as Hamburg, Roterdam, Fe ⁇ lixstowe, Antwerp and Bre ⁇ men ⁇ e is also a concern. The official of one of the leading ⁇ man on this route, ⁇ These difficulties seem to remain on our agenda for a long time. Potentially, we expect the congestion observed in ports to expand from As ⁇ ya ⁇ to Avrupa ⁇ ⁇ .

⁇ SHORT-TERM AGREEMENTS SHOULD BE MADE ⁇

Hakan Arı ⁇ kan, Turkey Executive Board Member of TruK ⁇ Ker ⁇ ın, one of the leading companies in the logistics sector and Director of Europe & CIS Omnilog Ge ⁇ nel, shows a downward trend in road freight in 2024 regarding the developments in freight markets. As TruKKer, we offer monthly and quarterly escalation rates to support both our suppliers and our customers. Due to the fluctuations in freight, we recommend shorter and medium-term agreements instead of long-term agreements.

⁇ NEW CHALLENGES CAN LIVE ⁇

Stating that significant developments were experienced in maritime freight markets throughout 2024 and that they closely followed the process, Hakan Arıkan made the following evaluation; The effects of global economic recovery, supply chain transformations and energy transition, which started to manifest itself but saw its biggest effects, directly affected the demands of our customers and the costs of transportation works in all models.

Political uncertainties, trade policies and embargoes in the world are continuing to seriously affect freight prices and routes on sea routes. Tensions, especially in strategic areas, are an important factor affecting the costs and costs of maritime transport. ⁇ (translated)

RED VOLTAGE INCREASE REQUEST FOR AIR CARGO

Emphasizing that in addition to the demand created by the e-commerce sector, the tension in Kızıl ⁇ deniz ⁇ also brought ha ⁇ vayolu transportation to the front platform, Globelink Ünimar Executive Director Fatih Baş, with the effect of ⁇ Ge ⁇ rilimin, the vast majority of ships using this route changed their route and turned to different transportation alternatives. Havayo ⁇ lu transportation is a very effective method to deal with such difficulties, but the high costs and limited load carrying capacities compared to other transportation methods bring some disadvantages.

While paying attention to the increase in air transportation, Fatih Baş emphasized that air transportation, which was less demanding before the Red Sea crisis, was a critical solution in the search for alternative transportation. ⁇ Especially, the rapid growth of e-tica ⁇ ret has created new dynamics in the logistics sector.

Those who wanted their cargo to arrive quickly and safely were effective in increasing the demand for air transportation instead of other transportation alternatives. In addition, the recent crises and increasing finances have led many companies to seek more flexible and faster logistics solutions.He said it.

⁇ TRANSIT TIMES DRAMATICALLY ARTTI ⁇

Hakan Arıkan pointed out that the negative effects of the current crises in Kızıldeniz ⁇ on the transportation sector created uncertainty in the sector and said the following;

Due to the crises in the Red Sea, there are serious increases in transportation costs and delivery times are delayed. Transit times have increased dramatically due to the alternating return to the Ka ⁇ nal crossings on the sea route and the formation of new routes as the Cape of Good Hope. As TruKKer, we are constantly developing routes so that our customers can continue their trade without being affected by these negativities with our experienced team, which also uses intermodal transportation methods along with land, sea and air. Especially for commercial transports with time sensitivity, we offer boutique seaway solutions with local shipowners for road alternative or regular loads.

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