Emirates Airline and the Middle East's shifting sands

Unprecedented civil resistance has spread from Mauritania in the west to Iran the east - engulfing many nations in the region and threatening to displace its political foundations. As with many instances of regime change, movements have often been accompanied by violence. Unrest has seen oil prices and stock markets seesaw, and most foreign and local governments encourage their nationals to avoid travel to region. Naturally, this has a flow-on affect to the airline business.