11+ hours for a pilot, ₹1 lakh+ for a ticket: What the Iran war has done to flying from India

Passengers seated to the (right or left) can see the pyramids of Giza.” Fatigued pilots of Air India operating flights to and from the West now often make this announcement on clear visibility days while overflying Egypt on the excruciatingly longer routes imposed by the US-Israel war against Iran.
Since Feb 28, going west — except to the west coast of North America — from India means overflying Arabian Sea while steering clear of Pakistan (for Indian carriers) and Iranian airspace (for all); then turning right from over Oman en route to Muscat, Saudi Arabia or beyond, via Cairo, to Europe, UK and North America. It’s the same route on the way back. The war-zone air traffic corridor covering the airspaces of Afghanistan (starting with Pakistan for Indian carriers), Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel bears a deserted look with almost all planes flying below this passage.

The usable corridors in the region, like parts of Saudi Arabia, are seeing the war affect them, too.