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98 DUBAI EVACUATION DRIVES PRIVATE JET SURGE
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|March 2026
98 private jet flights departed from Muscat, Dubai and Riyadh on a single day last week, compared with a normal daily average of 10 to 15, as demand for charter flights surged following the outbreak of the US-Israeli conflict with Iran on February 28.
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The war has caused the most severe disruption to Gulf air travel since the COVID-19 pandemic, with commercial airline schedules severely affected by widespread airspace closures.
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