Global air travel continues to face severe disruption as escalating tensions in the Middle East force numerous airlines to cancel or suspend flights to key regional destinations. The closure of major hubs, including Dubai, Doha, and Abu Dhabi, has significantly impacted travel plans worldwide.
Airlines across the globe have announced extensive cancellations:
* **Aegean Airlines** has halted flights to Riyadh, Amman, Tel Aviv, Beirut, Erbil, Baghdad, and Dubai, with suspensions extending into late June and early July.
* **airBaltic** cancelled services to Tel Aviv until May 31 and Dubai until October 24.
* **Air Canada** suspended flights to Tel Aviv and Dubai until September 7.
* **Air Europa** cancelled Tel Aviv flights until May 31.
* **Air France** has suspended its Tel Aviv, Beirut, Dubai, and Riyadh flights until May 3, while **KLM** suspended flights to Riyadh, Dammam until May 17, and Dubai until June 14.
* **Cathay Pacific** suspended flights to Dubai and Riyadh until June 30, with cargo services also affected. The airline is adding extra passenger flights to London, Paris, and Zurich to meet demand for European routes.
* **Delta Air Lines** cancelled its New York-Tel Aviv flights, delayed the restart of its Atlanta-Tel Aviv route until September 5, and postponed the launch of its Boston-Tel Aviv route indefinitely.
* **Finnair** cancelled Doha flights until July 2 and will only restart Dubai flights in October, while continuing to avoid airspace over Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Israel.
* **IAG**, through **British Airways**, is reducing services to the Middle East, permanently dropping Jeddah, and cutting daily flights to Dubai, Doha, Tel Aviv, and Riyadh through the summer season. **Iberia Express** cancelled Tel Aviv flights through May 31.
* **Japan Airlines** suspended Tokyo-Doha and Doha-Tokyo flights until early May, while adding extra flights to London.
* **LOT Polish Airlines** suspended flights to Tel Aviv, Riyadh, and Beirut, with some suspensions lasting until June.
* The **Lufthansa Group**, encompassing Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, and Edelweiss, has suspended flights to Dubai and Tel Aviv until May 31, and to Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Dammam, Riyadh, Erbil, Muscat, and Tehran until October 24. **ITA Airways** extended suspensions to Tel Aviv, Riyadh, and Dubai. **Eurowings** also halted flights to Tel Aviv, Beirut, Erbil, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Amman, with some until October.
* **Malaysia Airlines** suspended Doha flights until June 14.
* **Norwegian Air Shuttle** pushed back planned launches for Tel Aviv and Beirut services to June 15.
* **Pegasus Airlines** cancelled flights to numerous destinations including Iran, Iraq, Amman, Beirut, Kuwait, Bahrain, Doha, Dammam, Riyadh, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah until May 1.
* **Royal Air Maroc** cancelled Doha flights until June 30 and Dubai until May 31.
* **Singapore Airlines** extended its Singapore-Dubai suspension until May 31, while increasing services to London Gatwick and Melbourne.
* **SunExpress** (a Turkish Airlines-Lufthansa joint venture) cancelled Dubai flights until April 30.
* **Wizz Air** delayed the return of flights to Israel until May 4, suspended flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Amman from mainland Europe until mid-September, and indefinitely suspended flights to Medina.
In contrast, some carriers are adjusting their networks:
* **El Al Israel Airlines** cancelled flights departing Israel through April 18 but plans to increase its number of destinations from April 13.
* **Emirates** and **Etihad Airways** are operating reduced but extensive flight schedules to over 100 and 80 destinations respectively.
* **Qantas** is adding flights to Rome and Paris and increasing its Perth-Singapore service to meet demand for European routes.
* **Qatar Airways** announced an expansion of its international flight network to over 150 destinations from June 16.
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