Airlines continue to suspend Middle East flights

DUBAI: Many airline services remain disrupted in the Middle East following the 12-day air war between Iran and Israel that ended with a US-brokered ceasefire that took hold on Tuesday.

Air space closures and safety concerns continue to weigh on airline traffic in the region.

Below are some of the airlines that have cancelled their flights to and from the region:

AEGEAN AIRLINES

The Greek airline will proceed with flight cancellations from and to Tel Aviv, Beirut, Amman, and Erbil up to and including the early morning flight on September 8.

AIRBALTIC

Latvia’s airBaltic said that all flights to and from Tel Aviv until September 30 had been cancelled.

AIR CANADA

The Canadian carrier is suspending its flights from Toronto to Dubai until August 4. It had previously postponed resumption of service between Canada and Israel to September 8.

AIR EUROPA

The Spanish airline said that it has cancelled its flights to and from Tel Aviv until July 31.

AIR FRANCE-KLM 

The French flag carrier plans to resume its connections between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Tel Aviv, starting from July 7. It plans to resume its flights between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Beirut starting on June 28.

KLM said that it had cancelled all its flights to and from Tel Aviv until at least July 31.

DELTA AIR LINES

The U.S. carrier said that travel to, from, or through Tel Aviv may be impacted between June 12 and August 31.

EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES

On June 29, the Israeli airline said flights were operating as scheduled, except for a few cancelled flights. Sundor flights resume on July 1.

EMIRATES

Emirates said that it cancelled all flights to/from Tehran until and including July 5. Operations to Baghdad will recommence on July 1 and to Basra on July 2.

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FINNAIR OYJ

The Finnish airline cancelled its flights to and from Doha through June 30, as well as flight AY1982 on July 1. Finnair added that it was not flying through the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria, or Israel.

FLYDUBAI

The UAE airline said it was planning to resume its full schedule across the network from July 1.

IAG 

IAG-owned British Airways said that its flights to Tel Aviv remain suspended until July 31 and flights to Amman and Bahrain are suspended up to and including June 30.

IAG’s low-cost airline, Iberia Express, cancelled its flights to Tel Aviv until October 25.

ITA AIRWAYS

The Italian Airline said that it would extend the suspension of Tel Aviv flights until July 31, including two flights scheduled on August 1.

JAPAN AIRLINES

The Japanese carrier cancelled its flights to Doha until July 2.

LUFTHANSA GROUP LHAG.DE

Lufthansa said that it had suspended all flights to and from Beirut until and including June 30 and to and from Tel Aviv and Tehran until and including July 31. Flights to and from Amman and Erbil are cancelled until and including July 11. The German airline added that it would also refrain from using airspace of the countries concerned until further notice.

PEGASUS PGSUS.IS

The Turkish airline said that it had cancelled flights to Iran until July 7 and flights to Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan until July 4.

QATAR AIRWAYS

The Qatari carrier will resume flights to Baghdad from 30 June, to Erbil from July 1, to Sulaymaniyah and Najaf from July 2, to Basra from July 3 and to Damascus from July 6. Qatar Airways will resume its full schedule to Beirut and Amman from July 1. Flights to Iran remain temporarily suspended.

RYANAIR

Ryanair said that it had cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv and to and from Amman until Oct 25.

UNITED AIRLINES

The U.S. carrier said that travel to and from Tel Aviv may be affected between June 13 and August 1. Flights to Dubai between June 18 and July 3 may also be affected.

WIZZ AIR 

Wizz Air said it had suspended its operations to and from Tel Aviv and Amman until September 15. The Hungarian airline will also avoid flying over Israeli, Iraqi, Iranian and Syrian airspace until further notice.

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