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Airlines cancel more flights as Middle East conflict escalates
Mar 19, 2026 3:22 AM

(Updates airBaltic, Finnair, Pegasus)

March 19 (Reuters) - Global air travel remains severely

disrupted after the war in Iran forced the closure of key Middle

Eastern hubs including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi, stranding tens

of thousands of passengers.

Below is the latest on flights, in alphabetical order:

AEGEAN AIRLINES

Greece's largest carrier cancelled flights to Tel Aviv,

Beirut and Amman until April 22, and to Erbil and Baghdad until

May 24. Flights to Dubai were cancelled until April 19 and to

Riyadh until April 18.

AIRBALTIC

Latvia's airBaltic said all flights to Tel Aviv had been

cancelled until April29. All flights to Dubai have been

cancelled until October 24.

AIR CANADA ( ACDVF )

The Canadian carrier cancelled all flights to Tel Aviv until

May 2 and all flights to Dubai until March 28.

AIR EUROPA

The Spanish airline has cancelled all flights to Tel Aviv

until April 10.

AIR FRANCE KLM

Air France has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv and Beirut

until March 21 and to Dubai and Riyadh until March 20.

KLM said flights to Riyadh, Dammam and Dubai were suspended

until March 28 and flights to Tel Aviv until April 11.

CATHAY PACIFIC

The Hong Kong airline said it had cancelled all passenger

flights to and from Dubai and Riyadh, as well as cargo freighter

flights to Dubai and Riyadh, until April 30.

DELTA

The U.S. carrier has cancelled flights from New York to Tel

Aviv until March 31 and from Tel Aviv to New York until April 1.

The restart of its Atlanta to Tel Aviv service has been delayed,

with flights to Tel Aviv now paused until August 4 and from Tel

Aviv until August 5.

EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES

The Israeli flag carrier said regular flights were cancelled

until March  21.

EMIRATES

The UAE airline said it was operating a reduced flight

schedule following a partial reopening of regional airspace.

ETIHAD AIRWAYS

The UAE carrier said it was operating a limited commercial

flight schedule between Abu Dhabi and a number of key

destinations.

FINNAIR

The Finnish carrier cancelled its Dubai flights until March

29 and Doha flights until July 2, continuing to avoid the

airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel.

FLYNAS

Saudi Arabian budget airline Flynas extended its suspension

of flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Doha, Bahrain, Kuwait,

Iraq and Syria until March 31.

IAG

IAG-owned British Airways extended cancellations of flights

to Amman, Bahrain, Dubai and Tel Aviv until May 31 and to Doha

until April 30, while adding flights to Bangkok and Singapore.

Flights to Abu Dhabi remain suspended until later this year.

INDIGO

The Indian airline suspended operations to Doha, Kuwait,

Bahrain, Dammam, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah until

March 28.

JAPAN AIRLINES ( JPNRF )

Japan Airlines ( JPNRF ) suspended scheduled Tokyo-Doha flights until

March 31 and Doha-Tokyo flights until April 1.

LOT

The Polish airline said all flights to Dubai were cancelled

until March 28 and to Tel Aviv until April 18. LOT also

cancelled flights to Riyadh until March 24 and to Beirut from

March 31 to April 30.

LUFTHANSA GROUP

The German airline group, which includes Lufthansa, Austrian

Airlines, Swiss, Brussels Airlines and ITA Airways, suspended

flights to Tel Aviv through April 9, and to Beirut, Dubai,

Amman, Erbil, Dammam and Abu Dhabi until March 28. Flights to

Tehran were suspended through April 30 and to Riyadh until April

5 for operational reasons.

MALAYSIA AIRLINES

The Malaysian carrier suspended all flights to Doha until

March 28.

NORWEGIAN AIR

The low-cost airline plans to fly to Tel Aviv and Beirut

from June 15, instead of April 1 and April 4, respectively, as

it had previously planned.

PEGASUS

Pegasus Airlines cancelled its Iran, Iraq, Amman, Beirut,

Kuwait, Bahrain, Doha, Dammam, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah

flights until April 13. Flights to Riyadh were cancelled until

March 24.

QATAR AIRWAYS

The carrier said it would operate a revised limited number

of flights from March 18 to March 28.

TURKISH AIRLINES

The Turkish transport ministry said Turkish Airlines had

cancelled flights to Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Doha, Dubai,

Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Bahrain and Dammam until March 19, while

flights to Iran were cancelled until March 20.

WIZZ AIR ( WZZAF )

The low-cost airline suspended flights to Israel until March

29 and to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Amman and Jeddah from mainland

European destinations until mid-September.

(Compiled by Josephine Mason, Jamie Freed, Elviira Luoma, Tiago

Brandao, Agnieszka Olenska, Bernadette Hogg, Boleslaw Lasocki

and Romolo Tosiani; Editing by Matt Scuffham, Milla

Nissi-Prussak and Christopher Cushing)

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