BANG OUT OF ORDER

Parties over as balloon gas trapped by Hormuz blockade

- by DAVID O'DORNAN

THE air is set to go out of the balloon business as the Iran War threatens helium supplies.

Balloon sellers and florists fear they may be forced to cut back on sales in weeks because of a lack of the gas.

Qatar, which produces a third of the world's helium, is unable to ship any because of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.