Key facts
- Airlines are gradually resuming some flights to the Middle East.
- Regional carriers are rebuilding schedules following war-related disruptions.
- Many carriers outside the Gulf continue to divert Europe-Asia flights to avoid the region.
- Several airlines have extended cancellations for flights to Tel Aviv, Dubai, Riyadh, and other Middle Eastern destinations.
Airlines are gradually restoring some flights to the Middle East as regional carriers rebuild schedules following war-related disruptions, though the conflict continues to impact wider traffic flows. Many carriers outside the Gulf are still diverting Europe-Asia flights to avoid the region.
Aegean Airlines has cancelled flights from Thessaloniki to Tel Aviv until June 26, and to Dubai until August 31, and to Erbil and Baghdad until July 2. Airbaltic has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until June 28 and to Dubai until October 24. Air Canada has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv and Dubai until September 7. Air Europa has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until June 28.
Air France has suspended its Tel Aviv flights until June 14, and flights to Beirut and Dubai until June 17. KLM suspended flights to Riyadh and Dammam until July 12 and to Dubai until August 2. Cathay Pacific has suspended flights to Dubai and Riyadh until August 31.
Delta has suspended services for the Atlanta-Tel Aviv route through December 18. It plans to resume New York-JFK to Tel Aviv flights on September 6, while the launch of its Boston-Tel Aviv route, planned for late October, has been delayed until further notice. Finnair has cancelled its Doha flights until October 2, while continuing to avoid the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel. It will restart Dubai flights in October.
IAG-owned British Airways delayed the resumption of its flights to Doha until August 1 and to Riyadh until August 8. Flights to Dubai, Tel Aviv, Bahrain and Amman are paused until the end of the summer season, scheduled to resume on October 25. Japan Airlines has suspended scheduled Tokyo-Doha flights until July 31 and Doha-Tokyo flights until August 1. LOT has cancelled flights to Riyadh until June 30 and to Beirut until June 27, planning to operate its winter route to Dubai from October.
Lufthansa plans to resume flights to Tel Aviv as early as July 1, while ITA Airways confirmed it would resume them from July 1. SWISS postponed the resumption of flights until August and Brussels Airlines suspended operations until October 24. Lufthansa, SWISS and ITA Airways will continue their suspension of Dubai flights until September 13. Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines suspended flights to Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Dammam, Riyadh, Erbil, Muscat and Tehran until October 24. Low-cost carrier Eurowings suspended flights to Tel Aviv until July 9, to Beirut until June 12, to Erbil until June 22 and to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman until October 24. ITA Airways has also extended the suspension of its flights to Riyadh until June 30.
Malaysia Airlines will resume limited services to Doha from July 2. Norwegian Air has pushed back planned launches of its Tel Aviv and Beirut services to June 15. Qantas is adding flights to Rome and Paris to meet an upswing in demand for European routes, increasing Paris flights to five return flights per week from three, and the Perth-Singapore service to 10 a week. Royal Air Maroc said flights to Doha were cancelled until June 30. Pegasus Airlines cancelled its flights to Erbil, Amman, Bagdad and Beirut scheduled for June 8 and 9.
Singapore Airlines extended its Singapore-Dubai flight suspension until August 2, while adding services on the Singapore-London Gatwick and Singapore-Melbourne routes from late March until October 24. SunExpress has cancelled flights to Dubai, Bahrain, Beirut and Erbil until June 30. Wizz Air suspended flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman from mainland European destinations until mid-September.