Airlines cancel flights amid Middle East conflict
Below is the latest on flights, in alphabetical order
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:
Aegean airlines
Greece's largest carrier cancelled flights to Riyadh and Amman until 27 June and to Tel Aviv and Beirut until 26 June. It cancelled flights to Erbil and Baghdad until 2 July and to Dubai until 29 June.
Airbaltic
Latvia's airBaltic says flights to Tel Aviv have been cancelled until 31 May. Flights to Dubai are cancelled until 24 October.
Air Canada
The Canadian carrier has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv and Dubai until 7 September.
Air Europa
The Spanish airline has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until 31 May.
Air France-KLM
Air France has suspended its Tel Aviv, Beirut, Dubai and Riyadh flights until 3 May.
KLM has suspended flights to Riyadh and Dammam until 17 May and to Dubai until 14 June.
Cathay Pacific
The Hong Kong airline has suspended flights to Dubai and Riyadh until 30 June and cargo freighter services to Dubai and Riyadh until 31 May. 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.
Delta
The US carrier has cancelled its New York–Tel Aviv flights and delayed the restart of its Atlanta–Tel Aviv route until 5 September. It said the launch of its Boston–Tel Aviv route, planned for late October, has been delayed until further notice.
El Al Israel Airlines
The Israeli carrier said customers who planned to depart Israel through 18 April have had their flights cancelled, including relevant return flights.
It will increase the number of destinations to about 30 from 13 April and will gradually expand that number through the rest of the month.
Emirates
The UAE airline has said it is operating a reduced flight schedule, flying to more than 100 destinations.
Etihad Airways
The UAE carrier has said it is operating a commercial flight schedule between Abu Dhabi and around 80 destinations.
Finnair
The Finnish carrier has cancelled its Doha flights until 2 July, while continuing to avoid the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel. The airline only restarts its Dubai flights in October.
IAG
IAG-owned 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 1 July, and to cut Riyadh services from two daily flights to one from mid-May. Changes apply through the summer season that ends on 24 October, with one Dubai service restarting on 16 October.
IAG's Spanish low-cost airline Iberia Express has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv through 31 May.
Japan Airlines
Japan Airlines has suspended scheduled Tokyo–Doha flights until 10 May and Doha–Tokyo flights until 11 May. The airline also announced extra flights between Tokyo and London on 25 April.
Lot
The Polish airline suspended its flights to Tel Aviv until 31 May. It also cancelled flights to Riyadh until 30 June and to Beirut from 31 March to 30 May. The airline plans to operate its winter route to Dubai in October.
Lufthansa Group
Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Edelweiss suspended flights to Dubai and Tel Aviv until 31 May, and to Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Dammam, Riyadh, Erbil, Muscat and Tehran until 24 October. Lufthansa Cargo is the same, except for the Tel Aviv suspension, which will last through 30 April.
ITA Airways has extended the suspension of flights to and from Tel Aviv and Riyadh until 10 May. Flights to and from Dubai are suspended until 31 May.
Low-cost carrier Eurowings plans to suspend flights to Tel Aviv, Beirut and Erbil through 30 April and to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman through 24 October.
Malaysia Airlines
The Malaysian carrier suspended flights to Doha until 14 June.
Norwegian Air
The low-cost airline has pushed back planned launches of its Tel Aviv and Beirut services to 15 June.
Pegasus
Turkey's Pegasus Airlines cancelled its Iran, Iraq, Amman, Beirut, Kuwait, Bahrain, Doha, Dammam, Riyadh, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah flights until 1 May.
Royal Air Maroc
The Moroccan carrier says flights to Doha are cancelled until 30 June and those to Dubai until 31 May.
Qantas
Australia's flag carrier 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
The carrier said it was expanding its international flight network, with services to more than 150 destinations from 16 June.
Singapore Airlines
The carrier extended its Singapore–Dubai flights suspension until 31 May, while adding services on the Singapore–London Gatwick and Singapore–Melbourne routes from late March until 24 October to meet higher demand.
Turkish Airlines
SunExpress, Turkish Airlines' joint venture with Lufthansa, has cancelled flights to Dubai until 30 April.
Wizz Air
The low-cost airline is delaying the return of flights to Israel until 4 May, and is suspending flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman from mainland European destinations until mid-September. All flights to Medina have been suspended indefinitely.
