However, it turns out that an economy return ticket now costs roughly what a business class seat used to before the conflict. And if you were thinking of flying Singapore Airlines, you might want to sit down first. Remember the 2017 United Airlines incident? The image of the man still haunts me, and it’s hard not to think twice about flying with United Airlines, even if its service has improved. Life rarely wraps up neatly, but we keep going, navigating detours, dead ends and, occasionally, a bus driver with no GPS.

Source: The Edge Markets March 16, 2026 08:34 UTC