March 24 (Reuters) – Global air travel remains severely disrupted, with many people still 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:
AEGEAN AIRLINES
Greece’s largest carrier has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv, Beirut and Amman until April 22, and to Erbil and Baghdad until May 24. Flights to Dubai have been cancelled until April 19 and to Riyadh until April 18.
AIRBALTIC
Latvia’s airBaltic said all flights to Tel Aviv had been cancelled until April 29. All flights to Dubai stand cancelled until October 24.
AIR CANADA
The Canadian carrier has cancelled all flights to Tel Aviv until May 2 and to Dubai until March 28.
AIR EUROPA
The Spanish airline has cancelled all flights to Tel Aviv until April 10.
AIR FRANCE KLM
Air France has cancelled Tel Aviv and Beirut flights until April 4 and Dubai and Riyadh flights until March 31, as well as an April 1 departure from Dubai.
KLM suspended flights to Riyadh, Dammam and Dubai until May 17 and to Tel Aviv until April 11.
CATHAY PACIFIC
The Hong Kong airline has cancelled all passenger flights to Dubai and Riyadh until May 31. To cater to a surge in demand to Europe, it will operate three additional return flights to Paris and Zurich, and will provide additional seats on 13 existing flights to London in April.
DELTA AIR LINES
The U.S. carrier has extended its suspension on flights from New York and Atlanta to Tel Aviv through September 5, after it had previously cancelled its New York-Tel Aviv flights until May 31 and Tel Aviv-New York flights until June 1.
It said the launch of its Boston-Tel Aviv route, planned for late October, had been delayed until further notice.
EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES
The Israeli carrier is limited to 15 outbound flights per day, with each departure capped at 50 passengers, and will operate a small 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.
ETIHAD AIRWAYS
The UAE carrier said it was operating a limited commercial flight schedule between Abu Dhabi and select destinations.
FINNAIR
The Finnish carrier has cancelled its Dubai flights until March 29 and Doha flights until July 2, while continuing to avoid the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel.
FLYNAS
Saudi budget airline Flynas has extended its suspension of flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Doha, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq and Syria until March 31.
IAG
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 and Singapore. Flights to Abu Dhabi remain suspended until later this year.
INDIGO
The Indian airline has suspended operations to Doha, Kuwait, Bahrain, Dammam, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah until March 28.
JAPAN AIRLINES
Japan Airlines has suspended scheduled Tokyo-Doha flights until March 31 and Doha-Tokyo flights until April 1.
LOT
The Polish airline said all its flights to Dubai have been cancelled until March 28 and to Tel Aviv until May 31. It has also cancelled flights to Riyadh until April 30 and to Beirut from March 31 to April 30.
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 has implemented the same suspensions, except for its Tel Aviv flights, which are suspended 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 April 15.
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 through April 8.
PEGASUS
Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines has cancelled its Iran, Iraq, Amman, Beirut, Kuwait, Bahrain, Doha, Dammam, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah flights until April 13. Flights to Riyadh have been cancelled until April 1.
QATAR AIRWAYS
The carrier said it would operate a revised limited number of flights until March 28.
SINGAPORE AIRLINES
The carrier extended the suspension of its Singapore-Dubai flights until April 30, 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 March 29, and to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Amman and Jeddah from mainland European destinations until mid-September.
(Compiled by Josephine Mason, Jamie Freed, Elviira Luoma, Tiago Brandao, Agnieszka Olenska, Bernadette Hogg, Boleslaw Lasocki, Romolo Tosiani and Anshuman Tripathy; Editing by Matt Scuffham, Milla Nissi-Prussak, Christopher Cushing and Sumana Nandy)
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