(March 5): Qantas Airways Ltd and Air India are adding long-haul flights after the war in the Middle East knocked out carriers in the region, roiling travel plans and causing airfares to skyrocket. Qantas, Australia’s flag carrier, has seen a “spike in customers travelling via the US” to get to their final destinations, the company said in an email on Thursday. Meanwhile, Air India is adding several extra flights from March 5 to March 10, including three extra flights to Toronto and Frankfurt from New Delhi, and another one from the Indian capital to Paris, it said in a post on X. The Indian flag carrier said it will look at adding more flights beyond March 11. That’s knocked out more than 10% of daily international flight capacity, according to consultancy OAG Aviation, which is leading some airfares at other airlines to surge as much as 900%.

Source: The Edge Markets March 05, 2026 06:32 UTC