After a conversation and tip from my friend
@Deb4Empowerment about the mountain ridge along FlyDubai FZ1073’s route to Tel Aviv, I went back through the historical flight tracks for this specific route and aircraft dating to November 3, 2025.
What I found caught my attention.
For months, the flights generally followed a more conventional path across Saudi Arabia toward Israel. But beginning around late June or July, the routing appears to start changing.
By August 9–10, the track looks increasingly aligned with the edge of the mountain ridge. By August 20, that alignment becomes even more pronounced.
That raises a very simple question: who was issuing or approving these flight plans after June, and why did the routing change?
The mountain ridge matters because of what sits just beyond it.
An aircraft continuing north on the far side of that terrain could be only minutes from Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, while the ridge could potentially affect line-of-sight visibility depending on altitude and position.
I’m not claiming the historical routes prove intent. They don’t.
But when a flight pattern that was relatively consistent for months begins changing and increasingly follows a specific geographic feature, it is worth asking why.
I’m going to post the historical tracks side by side so people can look at the progression themselves. You decide.