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EgyptAir waived cancel fees on grounded Gulf and Levant flights until 15 March 2026, then moved many of those tickets into credits as the 13-city halt...
After eight states shut Middle East airspace on February 28, Gulf hubs reopened, but EASA warnings, war-risk premiums and Istanbul’s traffic gain did not reset.
Arkia sold Athens-Taba seats from $359 after Israel shut its airspace, while Electra jets, Egypt’s border, and a Level 4 warning did the real work.
KLM's February restart of Tel Aviv and Dubai lasted weeks. Tel Aviv now flies via Larnaca, while Dubai stays canceled through 24 October.
FCDO advises against all travel to 11 countries, and standard UK policies can refuse claims if you go anyway, including into some regional red zones.
Two alabaster colossi of Amenhotep III now stand at Luxor's third pylon, the visible edge of a 25-year temple rebuild.
Portugal’s Tel Aviv embassy booked about 5,000 ID and passport slots at a Ramat Hasharon cinema, months before Lisbon repealed the Sephardic nationality clause.
Twelve Almeria travellers escaped a kitchen fire on the Iberotel Crown Empress, the latest blaze in a long Nile hotel-ship pattern.
The Alamein Memorial in Egypt names 11,869 Commonwealth dead with no grave, while Egyptian gardeners and an Indian cremation memorial hold the site together.
Egypt opened the Grand Egyptian Museum on November 1, 2025, with 79 delegations. Japanese loans paid most of the bill; four million visitors followed.
