Global air travel faces severe disruption, with the conflict in Iran meaning many passengers are still unable to travel to key Middle Eastern hubs like Dubai, Doha, and Abu Dhabi.
Adding to the strain on airlines, jet fuel prices have doubled since the conflict began, intensifying pressure on carriers already contending with restricted airspace as pilots reroute to bypass the volatile Middle East.
Below is the latest on which airlines have cancelled flights to the region, in alphabetical order:
Aegean Airlines
Greece’s largest carrier has cancelled flights to Riyadh, Tel Aviv, Beirut and Amman until April 30, and to Erbil, Baghdad and Dubai until May 31.
airBaltic
Latvia’s airBaltic says all flights to Tel Aviv have been cancelled until May 31. All flights to Dubai are cancelled until October 24.
Air Canada
The Canadian carrier has cancelled all flights to Tel Aviv and Dubai until September 7.
Air Europa
The Spanish airline has cancelled all flights to Tel Aviv until May 3.
Air France
Air France has suspended its Tel Aviv, Beirut, Dubai and Riyadh flights until April 19.
British Airways
IAG-owned British Airways has extended cancellations of flights to Amman, Bahrain, Dubai and Tel Aviv until May 31 and to Doha until April 30, while adding flights to Bangkok, Singapore and Maldives until April. A third daily flight between London and Mumbai will run in May.
Flights to Abu Dhabi remain suspended until later this year.
Cathay Pacific
The Hong Kong airline has cancelled all passenger flights to Dubai and Riyadh until May 31. To cater for a surge in demand to Europe, it will operate extra passenger flights to London, Paris and Zurich in April.
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. It said the launch of its Boston-Tel Aviv route, planned for late October, has been delayed until further notice.
EL AL Israel Airlines
The Israeli carrier said customers who planned to depart Israel through April 11 had their flights cancelled, including relevant return flights. The airline is operating a limited number of flights to several key destinations.
Emirates
The UAE airline said it was operating a reduced flight schedule following a partial reopening of regional airspace.
Ethiad Airways
The UAE carrier said it had resumed a limited commercial flight schedule between Abu Dhabi and around 80 destinations.
Finnair
The Finnish carrier has cancelled its Doha flights until July 2, while continuing to avoid the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel. The airline only restarts its Dubai flights in October.
Flynas
The Saudi budget airline has suspended flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Doha, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq and Syria until April 15.
Iberia Express
IAG’s low-cost airline, Iberia Express, has cancelled all flights to and from Tel Aviv through May 31.
Indigo
The Indian airline suspended operations to Doha, Kuwait, Bahrain, Dammam, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah until March 28.
ITA Airways
ITA Airways has suspended flights to Tel Aviv until April 2 and extended Dubai cancellations until March 29, continuing to avoid the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel.
Japan Airlines
Japan Airlines has suspended scheduled Tokyo-Doha flights until April 10 and Doha-Tokyo flights until April 11.
KLM
KLM has suspended flights to Tel Aviv, Riyadh, Dammam and Dubai until May 17.
LOT
The Polish airline has suspended all its flights to Tel Aviv until May 31. It has also cancelled flights to Riyadh until June 30 and to Beirut from March 31 to May 30.
The airline plans to operate its winter route to Dubai in October.
Lufthansa Group
Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, ITA Airways and Edelweiss have 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.
Lufthansa Cargo is the same, except for the Tel Aviv suspension, which will last through April 30.
Low-cost carrier Eurowings 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 has suspended all flights to Doha until June 14.
Norwegian Air
The low-cost airline has pushed back planned launches of its Tel Aviv and Beirut services to June 15, from April 1 and April 4, respectively.
It has cancelled all Dubai flights for the remainder of the winter season through April 8.
Pegasus
Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines has cancelled its Iran, Iraq, Amman, Beirut, Kuwait, Bahrain, Doha, Dammam, Riyadh, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah flights until May 1.
Qantas
Australia’s flag carrier is adding flights to Rome and Paris to meet an upswing in 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 come into effect progressively for flights from mid-April and run until late July.
Qatar Airways
The carrier has said it is gradually increasing flights to and from Doha, to more than 120 destinations by mid-May.
Singapore Airlines
The carrier has extended the suspension of its Singapore-Dubai flights until May 31, while adding services on the Singapore-London Gatwick and Singapore-Melbourne routes from late March until October 24 to meet higher demand.
Turkish Airlines
Turkish Airlines has cancelled most Middle East flights until the end of March. SunExpress, its joint venture with Lufthansa, has cancelled flights to Dubai until April 6 and to Bahrain until April 30.
Wizz Air
The low-cost airline has suspended flights to Israel until April 13, and to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman from mainland European destinations until mid-September. All flights to Medina have been suspended indefinitely.
