Global air travel faces severe disruption as the ongoing Middle East conflict, particularly the recent developments involving Iran, has led to the closure of major regional aviation hubs including Dubai, Doha, and Abu Dhabi. This has left countless passengers stranded and forced airlines worldwide to adjust their schedules significantly.
Below is a comprehensive update on the flight status of various carriers, presented in alphabetical order:
Airline Updates:
Aegean Airlines
- Greece’s largest carrier has cancelled flights to Riyadh and Amman until June 27, and to Tel Aviv and Beirut until June 26.
- Flights to Erbil and Baghdad are suspended until July 2, and to Dubai until June 29.
Airbaltic
- Latvia’s airBaltic reports cancellations for flights to Tel Aviv until May 31.
- Flights to Dubai are suspended until October 24.
Air Canada
- The Canadian airline has cancelled services to Tel Aviv and Dubai until September 7.
Air Europa
- The Spanish carrier has suspended flights to Tel Aviv until May 31.
Air France-KLM
- Air France has suspended its Tel Aviv, Beirut, Dubai, and Riyadh flights until May 3.
- KLM has suspended flights to Riyadh and Dammam until May 17, and to Dubai until June 14.
Cathay Pacific
- The Hong Kong-based airline has suspended flights to Dubai and Riyadh until June 30, with cargo freighter services to these destinations suspended until May 31.
- To address increased demand for European routes, extra passenger flights to London, Paris, and Zurich will operate in April.
- The airline plans to operate all scheduled flights beyond June.
Delta
- The U.S. carrier has cancelled its New York–Tel Aviv flights and delayed the restart of its Atlanta–Tel Aviv route until September 5.
- The launch of its Boston–Tel Aviv route, initially planned for late October, has been postponed indefinitely.
El Al Israel Airlines
- The Israeli national carrier announced cancellations for customers planning to depart Israel through April 18, including relevant return flights.
- It plans to increase the number of destinations to approximately 30 from April 13, with further expansion throughout the month.
Emirates
- The UAE airline is operating a reduced flight schedule, serving over 100 destinations.
Etihad Airways
- The UAE carrier is maintaining commercial flight operations between Abu Dhabi and around 80 destinations.
Finnair
- The Finnish airline has cancelled its Doha flights until July 2, while continuing to avoid the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Israel.
- Dubai flights are not expected to restart until October.
IAG (British Airways & Iberia Express)
- British Airways: Plans to reduce flights to the Middle East upon resumption, permanently dropping Jeddah as a destination, while increasing capacity to India and Africa.
- Services to Dubai, Doha, and Tel Aviv will be reduced to one daily flight from July 1, and Riyadh services cut from two daily flights to one from mid-May. These changes apply through the summer season ending October 24, with one Dubai service restarting on October 16.
- Iberia Express: The Spanish low-cost airline has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv through May 31.
Japan Airlines
- Japan Airlines has suspended scheduled Tokyo–Doha flights until May 10 and Doha–Tokyo flights until May 11.
- Extra flights between Tokyo and London were announced for April 25.
LOT Polish Airlines
- The Polish airline suspended its flights to Tel Aviv until May 31.
- Cancellations also include Riyadh until June 30 and Beirut from March 31 to May 30.
- The airline intends to operate its winter route to Dubai in October.
Lufthansa Group
- Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, and Edelweiss have suspended flights to Dubai and Tel Aviv until May 31.
- Flights to Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Dammam, Riyadh, Erbil, Muscat, and Tehran are suspended until October 24.
- Lufthansa Cargo follows similar suspensions, with the Tel Aviv suspension lasting through April 30.
- ITA Airways: Has extended the suspension of flights to and from Tel Aviv and Riyadh until May 10. Flights to and from Dubai are suspended until May 31.
- Eurowings: The low-cost carrier plans to suspend flights to Tel Aviv, Beirut, and Erbil through April 30, and to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Amman through October 24.
Malaysia Airlines
- The Malaysian carrier suspended flights to Doha until June 14.
Norwegian Air
- The low-cost airline has postponed the planned launches of its Tel Aviv and Beirut services to June 15.
Pegasus Airlines
- Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines cancelled its Iran, Iraq, Amman, Beirut, Kuwait, Bahrain, Doha, Dammam, Riyadh, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah flights until May 1.
Royal Air Maroc
- The Moroccan carrier reports cancellations for flights to Doha until June 30 and to Dubai until May 31.
Qantas
- Australia’s flag carrier is adding flights to Rome and Paris to meet increased demand for European routes.
- Flights to Paris will increase to five return flights per week from three, and the Perth–Singapore service will increase from daily to 10 flights per week.
- An updated schedule will progressively take effect for flights from mid-April and run until late July.
Qatar Airways
- The carrier announced an expansion of its international flight network, with services to over 150 destinations from June 16.
Singapore Airlines
- The carrier extended its Singapore–Dubai flights suspension until May 31.
- It is adding services on the Singapore–London Gatwick and Singapore–Melbourne routes from late March until October 24 to meet higher demand.
Turkish Airlines (SunExpress)
- SunExpress, a joint venture with Lufthansa, has cancelled flights to Dubai until April 30.
Wizz Air
- The low-cost airline is delaying the return of flights to Israel until May 4.
- It is suspending flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Amman from mainland European destinations until mid-September.
- All flights to Medina have been suspended indefinitely.
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