Factbox-Airlines cancel more flights as Middle East conflict escalates
March 30 (Reuters) – Global air travel remains severely disrupted as many people still cannot fly to their destinations as planned after the Iran war forced the closure of major hubs in the Middle East, including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi.
Below you can find the latest developments regarding flights in alphabetical order:
AEGEAN AIRLINES
Greece’s largest airline canceled flights to Tel Aviv, Beirut and Amman until April 22, and to Erbil and Baghdad until May 24. Flights to Dubai are canceled until April 19 and to Riyadh until April 18.
AIRBALTIC
Latvia’s airBaltic said all flights to Tel Aviv were canceled until April 29. All flights to Dubai have been canceled until October 24.
AIR CANADA
The Canadian airline has canceled all flights to Tel Aviv and Dubai until September 7.
AIR EUROPE
The Spanish airline has canceled all its flights to Tel Aviv until April 10.
AIR FRANCE KLM
Air France canceled flights to Tel Aviv and Beirut until April 4, flights to Dubai and Riyadh until March 31, and departures from Dubai on April 1.
KLM has suspended flights to Tel Aviv, Riyadh, Dammam and Dubai until May 17.
CATHAY PACIFIC
The Hong Kong airline has canceled all passenger flights to Dubai and Riyadh until May 31. To meet growing demand for Europe, it will operate extra passenger flights to London, Paris and Zurich, as well as additional capacity to London in April.
DELTA
The US carrier canceled New York-Tel Aviv flights and postponed the resumption of the Atlanta-Tel Aviv route until September 5. The launch of the Boston-Tel Aviv route, planned for late October, has been postponed until further notice, he said.
EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES
The Israeli airline said that customers planning to leave Israel by April 11 had their flights canceled, including their respective return flights. The airline operates a limited number of flights to a few major destinations.
EMIRATES
The UAE airline said it was operating a reduced flight schedule following the partial reopening of regional airspace.
ETIHAD AIRLINES
The UAE carrier said it operates a commercial flight schedule between Abu Dhabi and around 80 destinations.
FINAIR
While the Finnish airline canceled its Dubai flights until March 29 and its Doha flights until July 2, it continued to avoid Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel airspace.
FLYNAS
The Saudi budget airline has suspended its flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Doha, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq and Syria until April 15.
IAG
British Airways, owned by IAG, extended flight cancellations to Amman, Bahrain, Dubai and Tel Aviv until May 31, flights to Doha until April 30, and added flights to Bangkok and Singapore. Flights to Abu Dhabi will be suspended until later this year.
