Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

This year, before the conflict began on 28 February, we issued a total of 41 travel advice updates for the Middle East, including to warn that conflict could result in airspace closures, flight cancellation and other disruptions. We posted 26 times across X, Facebook and Instagram, including, on 15 January:

Regional tensions in the Middle East are high and the security situation could deteriorate rapidly and without notice.

This may result in airspace closures, flight cancellations and other travel disruptions.

On 30 January, we also provided information that there was a risk of further escalation and that closure of airspace around transit hubs in the Middle East may impact flights globally. (Time expired)