Airlines Cancel Flights En Masse, Schedules Overhauled Amid Middle East Tensions

Several international airlines are gradually resuming flights to the Middle East even as conflict continues, though overall air traffic flows remain significantly disrupted. Middle Eastern carriers have added capacity following severe disturbances linked to the US-Iran war, while airlines outside the region continue to reroute Europe-Asia flights to avoid the area.

According to Reuters, the following airlines have altered or cancelled schedules to the Middle East:

AEGEAN AIRLINES: Greece’s largest carrier has cancelled flights from Thessaloniki to Tel Aviv until 26 June. Flights to Dubai are cancelled until 31 August, and services to Erbil and Baghdad until 30 September.

AIRBALTIC: The Latvian airline has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until 28 June and to Dubai until 24 October.

AIR CANADA: The Canadian carrier has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv and Dubai until 24 October.

AIR EUROPA: The Spanish airline has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until 28 June 2026.

AIR FRANCE-KLM: Air France has postponed flights to Tel Aviv until 21 June 2026, and to Beirut and Dubai until 24 June 2026. KLM has postponed flights to Riyadh and Dammam until 26 July, and to Dubai until 2 August.

CATHAY PACIFIC: The Hong Kong airline has postponed flights to Dubai and Riyadh until 31 August.

DELTA: The US carrier has postponed its Atlanta-Tel Aviv service until 18 December. Its New York-JFK to Tel Aviv flights are planned to resume on 6 September. The launch of the Boston-Tel Aviv route, originally scheduled for late October, has been postponed indefinitely.

FINNAIR: The Finnish airline has cancelled flights to Doha until 2 October and is avoiding airspace over Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Israel. Flights to Dubai will resume in October.

IAG: British Airways, owned by IAG, has postponed flights to Doha until 1 August and to Riyadh until 8 August. Services to Dubai, Tel Aviv, Bahrain, and Amman are suspended and will be rescheduled on 25 October. IAG plans to reduce services to Dubai, Doha, Riyadh, and Tel Aviv once flights resume, with Jeddah designated as a preferred destination.

JAPAN AIRLINES: The Japanese carrier has postponed its Tokyo-Doha service until 31 July and Doha-Tokyo until 1 August.

LOT: The Polish airline has cancelled flights to Riyadh until 30 June and to Beirut until 27 June. LOT plans to operate year-end routes to Dubai starting in October.

LUFTHANSA GROUP: Lufthansa plans to resume flights to Tel Aviv at the earliest on 1 July, while ITA Airways confirmed it will resume services to the same destination on 1 July. SWISS has postponed flights until August, and Brussels Airlines has suspended operations until 24 October. Lufthansa, SWISS, and ITA Airways will continue to postpone flights to Dubai until 13 September. Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, and Brussels Airlines have suspended flights to Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Dammam, Riyadh, Erbil, Muscat, and Tehran until 24 October. Low-cost carrier Eurowings has suspended flights to Tel Aviv until 9 July, to Beirut until 17 July, to Erbil until 22 June, and to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Amman until 24 October. ITA Airways has also extended its suspension of flights to Riyadh until 30 June.

MALAYSIA AIRLINES: The Malaysian carrier will resume limited services to Doha starting 2 July.

NORWEGIAN AIR: The low-cost airline has indefinitely postponed the planned launch of services to Tel Aviv and Beirut, with no new start date decided.

QANTAS: The Australian national carrier is adding flights to Rome and Paris to meet increased demand on European routes. Flights to Paris will increase to five round trips per week from three, and Perth-Singapore services will rise from daily to 10 flights per week. The updated schedule will be phased in from mid-April and run until the end of July.

ROYAL AIR MAROC: The Moroccan airline said flights to Doha are cancelled until 30 June.

SINGAPORE AIRLINES: The carrier has extended the suspension of Singapore-Dubai flights until 2 August, while adding services on Singapore-London Gatwick and Singapore-Melbourne routes from late March until 24 October to meet higher demand.

TURKISH AIRLINES: SunExpress, a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, has cancelled flights to Dubai until 30 June and to Bahrain, Beirut, and Erbil until 14 July.

WIZZ AIR: The low-cost airline has suspended flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Amman from mainland European destinations until mid-September.