Airlines resume some Middle East flights but disruption continues

More airlines are restoring flights to parts of the Middle East after the conflict that followed US and Israeli strikes on Iran, but some carriers have kept suspensions in place.

Below is an update on the status of airlines' flights, in alphabetical order:

Aegean airlines

Greece's largest carrier cancelled its flights to Dubai until August 31, and to Erbil and Baghdad until Sept 30.

Airbaltic

Flights to Dubai are cancelled until Oct 24.

Air Canada

The Canadian carrier has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv and Dubai until Oct 24.

Air France-KLM

Air France has suspended its Beirut flights until Aug 2.

KLM suspended flights to Riyadh, Dammam and Dubai until July 15, according to a statement on its website.

Cathay Pacific

The Hong Kong airline plans to resume its flights to Dubai and to Riyadh from Sept 1.

Delta

The US carrier has suspended services for the Atlanta-Tel Aviv route through Dec 18. It plans to resume New York-JFK to Tel Aviv flights on Sept 6, while the launch of its Boston-Tel Aviv route, planned for late October, has been delayed until further notice.

Finnair

The Finnish carrier has cancelled its Doha flights until Oct 2, while continuing to avoid the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel. It will restart Dubai flights, which it operates only in the winter season, in October.

IAG

IAG-owned British Airways delayed the resumption of its flights to Doha until Aug 1 and to Riyadh until Aug 8. 

Flights to Dubai, Tel Aviv, Bahrain and Amman are paused until the end of the summer season, and are scheduled to resume on Oct 25.

The airline plans to reduce services to Dubai, Doha, Riyadh and Tel Aviv to one daily flight when they resume, while dropping Jeddah as a destination.

Japan airlines

Japan Airlines has suspended scheduled Tokyo-Doha flights until Aug 31 and Doha-Tokyo flights until Sept 1.

Lot

The Polish airline plans to operate its winter route to Dubai from October and to resume operations to Beirut in its Summer 2027 schedule.

Lufthansa Group

Swiss postponed the resumption of flights to Tel Aviv until August, and Brussels Airlines suspended operations until Oct 24.

Lufthansa and Swiss will continue their suspension of Dubai flights until Sept 13.

Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines suspended flights to Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Dammam, Riyadh, Erbil, Muscat and Tehran until Oct 24.

After restarting its Erbil, Beirut and Tel Aviv flights, low-cost carrier Eurowings expects to resume the remaining Middle East destinations in autumn.

ITA Airways has also extended the suspension of its flights to Riyadh until July 31 and to Dubai until Oct 24 for operational reasons.

Norwegian Air

The low-cost airline has pushed back planned launches of its Tel Aviv and Beirut services indefinitely, and no new start dates have been decided.

Singapore Airlines

The carrier extended its Singapore-Dubai flight suspension until October 24, while adding services on the Singapore-London Gatwick and Singapore-Melbourne routes from late March until October 24 to meet higher demand.

Turkish Airlines

SunExpress, Turkish Airlines' joint venture with Lufthansa, plans to resume its Antalya-Dubai route later on July 15.

Wizz Air

The low-cost airline has suspended flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman from mainland European destinations until mid-September.

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