BBC News - Dubai Air Show: Plenty of planes, but is there enough airspace?

BBC News - Dubai Air Show: Plenty of planes, but is there enough airspace?:

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No fly zones have made the airspace even more crowded in the Middle East

New airports, hundreds of billions of dollars worth of new aircraft: some of the big-spending Gulf states and their airlines seem to have limitless resources and ambition.

But the countries have so far been unable to resolve a problem that now threatens their aviation growth.

All those new aircraft ordered at the Dubai Air Show will need space to fly. Trouble is, the airspace above the Gulf is already worryingly congested.

The authorities and the airlines know there is a problem. It's just not clear if anything can be done about it.

"Delays are becoming common place. And delays will only grow as operations grow," warns Hussein Dabbas, regional director of the International Air Transport Association."

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