GLOBAL air travel remains severely disrupted after the war in Iran forced the closure of key Middle Eastern hubs and airlines canceling flights, stranding tens of thousands of passengers.
Aegean Airlines, Greece’s largest carrier, canceled flights to Tel Aviv, Beirut and Amman until April 22, and to Erbil and Baghdad until May 24. Flights to Dubai were canceled until April 19 and to Riyadh until April 18.
Canada’s carrier, Air Canada canceled all flights to Tel Aviv until May 2 and all flights to Dubai until March 28.
Air France has canceled flights to Tel Aviv and Beirut until March 21, and to Dubai and Riyadh until March 20.
KLM said flights to Riyadh, Dammam and Dubai were suspended until March 28 and flights to Tel Aviv were suspended for the remainder of its winter season.
Cathay Pacific said it had canceled all passenger flights to and from Dubai and Riyadh, as well as cargo freighter flights to Dubai and Riyadh, until April 30.
United States carrier Delta Air Lines has canceled flights from New York to Tel Aviv until March 31 and from Tel Aviv to New York until April 1.
The restart of its Atlanta to Tel Aviv service has been delayed, with flights to Tel Aviv now paused until Aug. 4 and flights from Tel Aviv paused until Aug. 5.
The Israeli flag carrier El Al said regular flights were canceled until March 21.
The UAE’s Emirates said it was operating a reduced flight schedule following a partial reopening of regional airspace.
The UAE’s other carrier Etihad Airways said it was operating a limited commercial flight schedule between Abu Dhabi and a number of key destinations.
The Finnish carrier Finnair canceled its Dubai flights until March 29 and Doha flights until April 2, continuing to avoid the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel.
British Airways canceled all flights to Abu Dhabi until later this year and all flights to Amman, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai and Tel Aviv until later in March.
The Indian low-cost airline IndiGo suspended operations to Doha, Kuwait, Bahrain, Dammam, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah until March 28.
Japan Airlines suspended Tokyo-Doha flights scheduled from Feb. 28 to March 31 and Doha-Tokyo flights until April 1.
Poland’s carrier LOT said all flights to Dubai were canceled until March 28 and to Tel Aviv until April 18. It also canceled flights to Riyadh until March 24 and to Beirut from March 31 to April 30.
The Lufthansa Group, which includes Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Swiss and Brussels Airlines as well as ITA Airways, suspended flights to Tel Aviv through April 2, and to Beirut, Dubai, Amman, Erbil and Abu Dhabi until March 28. Flights to Tehran were suspended through April 30 and to Dammam until March 17.
Malaysia Airlines suspended all flights to Doha until March 20.
Norwegian Air plans to fly to Tel Aviv and Beirut from June 15, instead of April 1 and April 4, respectively, as it had previously planned.
Qatar Airways said its scheduled flight operations were still temporarily suspended due to the closure of Qatari airspace and that it would operate a revised limited number of flights from March 18 to March 28.
The Turkish transport ministry said Turkish Airlines canceled flights to Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Doha, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Bahrain and Dammam until March 19, while flights to Iran were canceled until March 20.
