Global air travel continues to face major disruption after the Iran war led to the closure of several principal Middle Eastern hubs, including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi. The fallout has led carriers around the world to suspend services, delay restarts and reassign capacity across Europe, Asia and the Americas. Below is a company-by-company account of current cancellations and operational changes, listed alphabetically for clarity.
AEGEAN AIRLINES
Greece's largest carrier will resume a phased return to Tel Aviv, restarting Athens-Tel Aviv flights on April 28, Heraklion-Tel Aviv on April 30, Rhodes-Tel Aviv on May 3 and Larnaca-Tel Aviv on May 21. Flights from Thessaloniki to Tel Aviv remain cancelled through June 26. Separately, AEGEAN plans to resume services to Riyadh and Amman on June 21. It has cancelled flights to Beirut until June 26, to Dubai until June 29, and to Erbil and Baghdad until July 2.
AIRBALTIC
Latvia's airBaltic has cancelled services to Tel Aviv through May 31. In a longer suspension, it has suspended flights to Dubai until October 24.
AIR CANADA
Air Canada has pulled both its Tel Aviv and Dubai services from the schedule, cancelling them until September 7.
AIR EUROPA
The Spanish carrier has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until May 31.
AIR FRANCE-KLM
Air France has suspended its flights to Tel Aviv, Beirut, Dubai and Riyadh until May 3. KLM has similarly suspended flights to Riyadh, Dammam and Dubai until June 14.
CATHAY PACIFIC
Cathay Pacific has suspended passenger services to Dubai and Riyadh until June 30, and it has paused cargo freighter services to those same cities until May 31. To address increased demand into Europe, Cathay will operate additional passenger flights to London, Paris and Zurich during April. The airline intends to operate its full scheduled network beyond June.
DELTA
Delta Air Lines has cancelled its New York-Tel Aviv service and delayed the planned restart of its Atlanta-Tel Aviv route until September 5. The planned launch of a Boston-Tel Aviv service, originally scheduled for late October, has been postponed until further notice.
EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES
Israel's flag carrier is cautiously expanding operations; as of April 27 it will operate flights to roughly 40 active gateways. However, all flights to Dubai remain cancelled until May 31.
EMIRATES
Emirates is operating a reduced schedule and reports it continues to fly to more than 100 destinations despite constraints at regional hubs.
ETIHAD AIRWAYS
Etihad is operating commercial services from Abu Dhabi to around 80 destinations while adapting to the regional disruption.
FINNAIR
Finnair has cancelled its Doha services until July 2 and continues to avoid the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel. It has indicated that Dubai services will only restart in October.
IAG
IAG, the parent group of British Airways and Iberia Express among others, is reducing flights to the Middle East as services resume. British Airways will permanently drop Jeddah and plans to scale back services to Dubai, Doha and Tel Aviv to a single daily flight from July 1, while Riyadh capacity will be reduced from two daily flights to one from mid-May. These reductions apply through the summer season ending October 24, with one Dubai service restarting on October 16. Iberia Express has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv through May 31.
JAPAN AIRLINES
Japan Airlines has suspended scheduled Tokyo-Doha flights until May 31 and Doha-Tokyo flights until June 1. The carrier will operate an extra Tokyo-London flight on April 25.
LOT
Poland's LOT suspended flights to Tel Aviv until May 31. It also cancelled Riyadh services until June 30 and had previously suspended Beirut flights from March 31 to May 30. The airline plans to resume its winter route to Dubai in October.
LUFTHANSA GROUP
Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Edelweiss have all suspended flights to Dubai and Tel Aviv until May 31. Additionally, flights to Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Dammam, Riyadh, Erbil, Muscat and Tehran are suspended until October 24. The group's low-cost carrier Eurowings has suspended Tel Aviv flights until May 11, Beirut and Erbil until May 14, and Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman until October 24. ITA Airways has extended suspensions of flights to Tel Aviv, Riyadh and Dubai through May 31.
MALAYSIA AIRLINES
Malaysia Airlines has suspended flights to Doha until June 14.
NORWEGIAN AIR
Norwegian has delayed the start of planned Tel Aviv and Beirut services to June 15.
PEGASUS
Turkey's Pegasus Airlines cancelled flights to a wide set of destinations across Iran, Iraq and the Levant, including Amman, Beirut, Kuwait, Bahrain, Doha, Dammam, Riyadh, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah until June 1.
QANTAS
Australia's Qantas is responding to increased demand for European travel by adding flights to Rome and Paris and ramping up some services. Paris flights will increase from three to five return services per week, and the Perth-Singapore service will grow from daily to ten flights per week. An updated schedule will be implemented progressively from mid-April through late July.
QATAR AIRWAYS
Qatar Airways resumed flights to Dubai and Sharjah from April 23 and plans to restart daily flights to Damascus from May 1.
ROYAL AIR MAROC
Royal Air Maroc has cancelled its Doha services until June 30 and its Dubai services until May 31.
SINGAPORE AIRLINES
Singapore Airlines extended the suspension of its Singapore-Dubai route until May 31. To offset demand, it added services on the Singapore-London Gatwick and Singapore-Melbourne corridors from late March until October 24.
TURKISH AIRLINES / SUNEXPRESS
SunExpress, the joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, has cancelled flights to Dubai until April 30.
WIZZ AIR
Wizz Air delayed the return of flights to Israel until May 4, and it has suspended flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman from mainland European points until mid-September. All flights to Medina have been suspended indefinitely.
The list above underscores how broadly carriers have adjusted operations - ranging from short, targeted suspensions to lengthy cancellations that extend into the autumn. Some airlines are adding capacity on alternate long-haul routes into Europe and Australia to absorb redirected demand, while others are maintaining reduced schedules to a subset of destinations. A number of planned route launches have been postponed until the regional situation stabilises.
Travel and cargo markets are being affected differently: passenger carriers are shifting capacity toward long-haul leisure routes and key European gateways, while freighter services have also been interrupted or rescheduled in affected city pairs. The operational environment is fluid; airlines that have announced restart dates have tied those plans to ongoing assessments of safety, airspace availability and demand.
For travellers and industry participants, the immediate practical consequences are widespread cancellations, limited route options through the Middle East, and staggered restarts that vary considerably by carrier and destination.
Key points
- Multiple global carriers have suspended or cancelled services to Middle Eastern hubs and Israel, with many suspensions extending into May, June and beyond - affecting airlines, airports and tourism sectors.
- Some airlines are adding temporary capacity on alternate long-haul routes to Europe and Australia to meet redirected demand, showing immediate effects on airline network planning and international travel flows.
- Cargo operations are also disrupted for some carriers, with freighter services suspended on certain city pairs, affecting logistics and freight-dependent industries.
Risks and uncertainties
- Restart dates are uneven and extend across a wide calendar range, creating uncertainty for booking, scheduling and revenue forecasts for carriers and airports.
- Reduced schedules and cancelled services to major hubs limit routing options, increasing congestion on alternative routes and potentially raising costs for passengers and shippers.
- Cancellations and prolonged suspensions may pressure airline revenues and load factors unevenly across fleets and regions, complicating capacity planning for the summer and autumn seasons.
Note: This account lists carrier statements about cancellations, suspensions, restarts and changes to schedules as provided by the airlines. Airlines' operational plans remain contingent on evolving conditions and the availability of regional airspace and airport operations.