War - was is it good for? (and how it affects travel)

But I guess talking about music, today we're talking about war and what is it good for? Because with the world of 2026, it's been very turbulent, I think it's fair to say.

For many in the travel sector, it has been a tricky time.

So if we remember back in February, we lost flights overnight.

We had cancellations.

We had pictures of bombing.

And some people who perhaps we even knew who'd migrated to the Middle East have been directly affected by war.

It wasn't an isolated incident and it's carried on affecting the world of travel and people ever since.

The now famous Strait of Hormuz, I guess, blockage really did affect fuel supply, affect fuel prices, both in the UK and globally.

And we heard of even shortages in various countries around the world and perhaps fear that some planes may not even take off.

We may see an end.

We don't know in 2027 to the Putin-Russia-Ukraine war.

We don't know.

Perhaps Mr. Trump will decide to calm things down with the midterms.

There are perhaps some room for being positive.

Or maybe not.

Maybe things will continue to escalate.

Maybe things will continue to be more turbulent.

And we may even see Russia start to take pop at NATO.

We will talk about that a bit later on.

So today we are going to look at some numbers.

We're going to get into conversation of really how the war is affecting travel.

Will it continue to affect travel? And where do we go from here? So I'm going to start with some data to go into some of the numbers.