Flights to the Middle East have resumed, but travel chaos is nowhere near over

Tech Insider : Travel, Business, Style
An Emirates Airbus A380 passenger aircraft prepares for landing at Dubai International Airport in Dubai on March 8, 2026.
An Emirates Airbus A380 prepares to land in Dubai.

AFP via Getty Images

Maps show how Muscat became the center of Middle East air travel when the region's biggest airports closed

Tech Insider : Travel, Business, Style
Austria's Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger welcomes passengers upon the arrival of a charter plane carrying Austrian nationals evacuated from Muscat, at Vienna International Airport, on March 4, 2026
Austria's foreign minister welcomed passengers arriving in Vienna on a charter flight from Muscat.

MAX SLOVENCIK / APA / AFP via Getty Images

Flight diversion map: See where flights are getting rerouted to in the aftermath of the attacks on Iran

Tech Insider : Business, Style, Travel
A list of canceled flights at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon on February 28, 2026.
A list of canceled flights from the main airport in Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday.

Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty Images

I spent 26 hours in Qatar Airways' business class. Not all seats are created equally, but I get why it's so beloved.

Tech Insider : Travel, Business, Economy
Side by side composite of omelet and breakfast meal on tablecloth on Qatar Airways flight next to image of business class section on Qatar Airways flight
Our flights basically cost more than our entire honeymoon, but I had a great time in Qatar Airways' business class.

Rachel Hosie

Where you can fly on the Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger jet, this winter

Tech Insider : Travel, Business, Economy
An Airbus A380 of the airline Emirates takes off from the runway of the Airbus plant in Finkenwerder in 2021
Emirates owns nearly 10 times as many Airbus A380s as any other airline.

Christian Charisius/picture alliance via Getty Images

The family of a Qatar Airways passenger who died after choking during his flight is suing the airline

Tech Insider : Business
A Boeing 777-3DZ(ER) from Qatar Airways lands at Barcelona airport in Barcelona, Spain, on September 2, 2024.
Asoka Jayaweera died after he started choking on board a Qatar Airways flight, a lawsuit says.

Joan Valls/Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via Getty Images

How billionaires are fueling the rise of private jets

Tech Insider : Travel, Economy, Business

The number of private jets operating around the world has more than doubled since 2000, tracking closely with the global surge in billionaires. Now private airlines are coming up with new ways to get customers hooked. Here's a look at the rise of the $40 billion industry.

See inside the hidden area where Qatar Airways flight attendants sleep on long-haul Boeing 777 flights

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Travel
A bed in the crew rest area on a Boeing 777-300ER
There are eight beds hidden upstairs on the Boeing 777-300ER.

Pete Syme/BI

Elon Musk joined a video call at 38,000 feet to show off Qatar Airways' new Starlink WiFi

Tech Insider
A screenshot of a video call between Elon Musk, Qatar Airways CEO Badr Mohammed Al-Meer, and the Chairman of Qatar Tourism Saad bin Ali Al-Kharji
Elon Musk joined a video call with the Qatar Airways CEO using Starlink on a test flight.

Courtesy of Qatar Airways

See inside a test Boeing 777X, which has been further delayed to 2026 and annoyed its top customer

Tech Insider
Wide view of Boeing 777-9 test bed, with two rows of three blue seats on either side and instrumentation racks in the distance
The interior of a 777X testbed at the 2023 Paris Air Show.

Pete Syme/Insider

Subscribe to qatar-airways