ARGS - Summer 2026 -Powerd by AI

The EVA podcast · Jun 30, 2026 · 20m

Life is never straightforward for network planners, it seems.

First, they had to navigate the ad hoc opening and closing of borders to work out where they could fly during the Covid years.

That assumed they could fly there direct, without conflicts restricting market and airspace access, and that they could get hold of an aircraft to put on the route – and enough spare parts to keep it flying.

Now, they must factor in whether they can still afford to fly a route as fuel costs, one of the few benign elements of recent years, have surged following the outbreak of the Iran conflict. And worse…