Key facts
- Several airlines are resuming Middle East flights after recent conflict.
- Disruptions continue for many routes, with suspensions extended into autumn and winter.
- Key destinations like Dubai, Tel Aviv, and Riyadh have seen extended flight suspensions.
- Some airlines are reducing flight frequencies or dropping destinations upon resumption.
Airlines are gradually reinstating flights to parts of the Middle East following recent conflict, though many carriers continue to maintain flight suspensions to various destinations. The disruptions, stemming from U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, have led to extended cancellations for routes to key cities like Dubai, Tel Aviv, and Riyadh.
Aegean Airlines has cancelled flights to Dubai until August 31 and to Erbil and Baghdad until September 30. Airbaltic has suspended Dubai flights until October 24, while Air Canada has cancelled services to Tel Aviv and Dubai until the same date. Air France has suspended Beirut flights until August 2, and KLM paused flights to Riyadh, Dammam, and Dubai until July 15.
Cathay Pacific plans to resume flights to Dubai and Riyadh from September 1. Delta has suspended its Atlanta-Tel Aviv route through December 18, with plans to restart New York-Tel Aviv flights on September 6. Finnair cancelled Doha flights until October 2 and is avoiding the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Israel.
IAG-owned British Airways delayed its resumption of flights to Doha until August 1 and to Riyadh until August 8. Flights to Dubai, Tel Aviv, Bahrain, and Amman are paused until October 25, with plans to reduce services to one daily flight upon resumption and drop Jeddah as a destination. Japan Airlines has suspended scheduled Tokyo-Doha flights until August 31 and Doha-Tokyo flights until September 1.
LOT plans to operate its winter route to Dubai from October and resume Beirut operations in Summer 2027. Lufthansa Group airlines, including SWISS and Brussels Airlines, have extended suspensions. SWISS postponed Tel Aviv flights until August, while Brussels Airlines suspended operations until October 24. Lufthansa and SWISS will continue their Dubai flight suspension 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 expects to resume remaining Middle East destinations in autumn.
ITA Airways extended its suspension of flights to Riyadh until July 31 and to Dubai until October 24. Norwegian Air has indefinitely pushed back planned launches of its Tel Aviv and Beirut services. Singapore Airlines extended its Singapore-Dubai flight suspension until October 24. SunExpress plans to resume its Antalya-Dubai route later on July 15. Wizz Air has suspended flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Amman from mainland European destinations until mid-September.