Major airlines worldwide have extended flight cancellations to key Middle Eastern hubs, with disruptions expected to last for months as regional airspace remains severely restricted.
GLOBAL air travel faces prolonged disruption as airlines worldwide extend cancellations to major Middle Eastern hubs following the closure of regional airspace.
Carriers have suspended services to cities including Dubai, Doha, Abu Dhabi, and Tel Aviv for weeks or months, stranding tens of thousands of passengers.
Greece’s Aegean Airlines has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv, Beirut, and Amman until April 22, and to Erbil and Baghdad until May 24.
Flights to Dubai are suspended until April 19 and to Riyadh until April 18.
Latvia’s airBaltic said all flights to Tel Aviv are cancelled until April 29, while all Dubai services stand cancelled until October 24.
Air Canada has suspended all flights to Tel Aviv until May 2 and to Dubai until March 28.
The Air France-KLM group has implemented widespread cancellations across its network.
Air France has paused Tel Aviv and Beirut flights until March 28, and Dubai and Riyadh services until March 24.
KLM has suspended flights to Riyadh, Dammam, and Dubai until May 17 and to Tel Aviv until April 11.
Cathay Pacific has cancelled all passenger and cargo flights to Dubai and Riyadh until April 30.
The Hong Kong carrier has added extra flights to London between March 21 and March 28 due to increased demand.
U.S. carrier Delta has cancelled its New York-Tel Aviv flights until May 31 and Tel Aviv-New York flights until June 1.
The restart of its Atlanta-Tel Aviv route has been delayed, with flights to Tel Aviv paused until August 4.
Israeli flag carrier El Al said operational constraints are preventing regular flights from Israel, except in rare cases.
The airline is continuing efforts to bring passengers home and has urged authorities to open Ramon Airport near Eilat.
Emirates said it was operating a reduced flight schedule following a partial reopening of regional airspace.
Etihad Airways stated it was operating a limited commercial flight schedule between Abu Dhabi and select destinations.
Finnair has cancelled its Dubai flights until March 29 and Doha flights until July 2.
The Finnish carrier continues to avoid the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Israel.
Saudi budget airline Flynas has extended its suspension of flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Doha, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, and Syria until March 31.
IAG-owned British Airways has extended cancellations of flights to Amman, Bahrain, Dubai, and Tel Aviv until May 31.
Flights to Doha are suspended until April 30, while services to Abu Dhabi remain suspended until later this year.
The airline group has added flights to Bangkok and Singapore to its schedule.
India’s IndiGo has suspended operations to Doha, Kuwait, Bahrain, Dammam, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, and Sharjah until March 28.
Japan Airlines has suspended scheduled Tokyo-Doha flights until March 31 and Doha-Tokyo flights until April 1.
Polish airline LOT said all its flights to Dubai stand cancelled until March 28 and to Tel Aviv until May 31.
Flights to Riyadh are cancelled until April 30 and to Beirut from March 31 to April 30.
The Lufthansa Group has suspended flights to Tel Aviv through April 9, and to Beirut, Dubai, Amman, Erbil, and Abu Dhabi until March 28.
Flights to Tehran are suspended through April 30 and to Riyadh until April 5.
Malaysia Airlines has suspended all flights to Doha until March 28.
Norwegian Air has pushed back planned launches of its Tel Aviv and Beirut services to June 15.
It has cancelled all Dubai flights through April 8.
Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines has cancelled its Iran, Iraq, Amman, Beirut, Kuwait, Bahrain, Doha, Dammam, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah flights until April 13.
Flights to Riyadh have been cancelled until March 24.
Qatar Airways said it would operate a revised limited number of flights until March 28.
Singapore Airlines will extend the suspension of its Singapore-Dubai flights until April 30.
It will add services between Singapore and London Gatwick from March 31 to October 24 to meet higher demand.
Turkish Airlines has cancelled most Middle East flights until the end of March.
SunExpress, its joint venture with Lufthansa, has cancelled flights to Dubai and Bahrain until March 23.
Vietnam Airlines has planned to cancel 23 flights per week across several domestic routes from April.
Low-cost carrier Wizz Air has suspended flights to Israel until March 29, and to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Amman, and Jeddah from mainland European destinations until mid-September.
