WASHINGTON: Global air travel remains severely disrupted, with many people unable to fly as planned to destinations after the Iran war forced the closure of major Middle Eastern hubs, including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi.
Below is the latest on flights, in alphabetical order:
Greece’s largest carrier Aegean Airlines has canceled flights to Beirut until June 26, to Riyadh and Amman until June 28, to Dubai until June 29, and to Irbil and Baghdad until July 2.
Latvia’s airBaltic says flights to Tel Aviv have been canceled until May 31. Flights to Dubai are canceled until October 24.
Air Canada canceled flights to Tel Aviv and Dubai until Sept. 7.
Spain’s Air Europa has canceled flights to Tel Aviv until May 31.
Air France has suspended its Tel Aviv, Beirut, Dubai and Riyadh flights until May 3.
KLM has suspended flights to Riyadh, Dammam and Dubai until June 14.
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific has suspended flights to Dubai and Riyadh until June 30 and cargo freighter services 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. It plans to operate all scheduled flights beyond June.
The US carrier Delta has canceled its New York-Tel Aviv flights and delayed the restart of its Atlanta-Tel Aviv route until Sept. 5.
Israel’s El Al said it is continuing to gradually expand operations, and from April 27 will operate flights to about 40 active gateways. All flights to Dubai are canceled until May 31.
The UAE’s Emirates has said it is operating a reduced flight schedule, flying to more than 100 destinations.
The UAE carrier Etihad said it is operating a commercial flight schedule between Abu Dhabi and around 80 destinations.
Finland’s Finnair has canceled 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.
British Airways is reducing flights to the Middle East when services resume, permanently dropping Jeddah as a destination, while adding capacity to India and Africa.
It plans to reduce services to Dubai, Doha and Tel Aviv to one daily flight from July 1, and to cut Riyadh services from two daily flights to one from mid-May.
Changes apply through the summer season that ends on Oct. 24, with one Dubai service restarting on Oct. 16.
IAG’s Spanish low-cost airline Iberia Express has canceled flights to Tel Aviv through May 31.
Japan Airlines has suspended scheduled Tokyo-Doha flights until May 31 and Doha-Tokyo flights until June 1. The airline will also operate extra flights between Tokyo and London on April 25.
The Polish airline Lot suspended its flights to Tel Aviv until May 31. It also canceled 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, Lufthansa Cargo, Swiss, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Edelweiss suspended flights to Dubai and Tel Aviv until May 31, and to Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Dammam, Riyadh, Irbil, Muscat and Tehran until Oct. 24.
ITA Airways has extended the suspension of flights to and from Tel Aviv and Riyadh until May 10. Flights to and from Dubai are suspended until May 31.
Low-cost carrier Eurowings plans to suspend flights to Tel Aviv until May 11, to Beirut and Irbil until May 14 and to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman until Oct. 24.
Malaysia Airlines suspended flights to Doha until June 14.
The low-cost Norwegian Air has pushed back planned launches of its Tel Aviv and Beirut services to June 15.
Turkiye’s Pegasus Airlines canceled its Iran, Iraq, Amman, Beirut, Kuwait, Bahrain, Doha, Dammam, Riyadh, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah flights until June 1.
The Moroccan carrier Royal Air Maroc says flights to Doha are canceled until June 30 and those to Dubai until May 31.
Australia’s Qantas 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 said it was expanding its international flight network, with services to more than 150 destinations from June 16.
Singapore Airlines extended its Singapore-Dubai flights suspension 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.
SunExpress, Turkish Airlines’ joint venture with Lufthansa, has canceled flights to Dubai until April 30.
The low-cost airline Wizz Air is delaying the return of flights to Israel until May 4, and is suspending flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman from mainland European destinations until mid-September. All flights to Madinah have been suspended indefinitely.
