E-hailing drivers brace for fewer airport trips

Uncertain future: Experts say the drop in demand for travel and volatile fuel prices will burden drivers if the conflict in the Middle East persists. — IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star

PETALING JAYA: The ongoing Middle East conflict is beginning to cast a shadow over the livelihoods of local e-hailing drivers, as international flight disruptions threaten to reduce airport trips.

A full-time e-hailing driver, who wished to be known only as Ahmad, said the ripple effects of the Middle East tensions are already affecting his daily earnings.