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Airlines cancel more flights as Middle East conflict escalates
Mar 23, 2026 8:34 PM

(Adds Vietnam Airlines)

March 23 (Reuters) - Global air travel remains severely

disrupted after the war in Iran forced the closure of major

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 has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv,

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

May 24. Flights to Dubai have been cancelled until April 19 and

to Riyadh until April 18.

AIRBALTIC

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

cancelled until April 29. All flights to Dubai stand cancelled

until October 24.

AIR CANADA ( ACDVF )

The Canadian carrier has cancelled all flights to Tel Aviv

until May 2 and 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 Tel Aviv and Beirut flights until

March 28 and Dubai and Riyadh flights until March 24, including

the March 25 departure from Dubai.

KLM suspended flights to Riyadh, Dammam and Dubai until May

17 and to Tel Aviv until April 11.

CATHAY PACIFIC

The Hong Kong airline has cancelled all passenger and cargo

flights to Dubai and Riyadh until April 30. It has, however,

added extra flights to London between March 21 and March 28 due

to increased demand.

DELTA

The U.S. carrier has cancelled its New York-Tel Aviv flights

until May 31 and Tel Aviv-New York flights until June 1. The

restart of its Atlanta-Tel Aviv route has been delayed, with

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

until August 5.

EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES

The Israeli carrier saidoperational constraints are

preventing regular flights from Israel, except in rare,

exceptional cases, and that it is continuing efforts to bring

passengers home. The airline has also urged authorities to open

Ramon Airport near Eilat.

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 select destinations.

FINNAIR

The Finnish carrier has cancelled its Dubai flights until

March 29 and Doha flights until July 2, while continuing to

avoid the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel.

FLYNAS

Saudi budget airline Flynas has extended its suspension of

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

Iraq and Syria until March 31.

IAG

IAG-owned British Airways has 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 has suspended operations to Doha, Kuwait,

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

March 28.

JAPAN AIRLINES ( JPNRF )

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

until March 31 and Doha-Tokyo flights until April 1.

LOT

The Polish airline said all its flights to Dubai stand

cancelled until March 28 and to Tel Aviv until May 31. It has

also cancelled flights to Riyadh until April 30 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, has

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

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

Tehran are suspended through April 30 and to Riyadh until April

5.

MALAYSIA AIRLINES

The Malaysian carrier has suspended all flights to Doha

until March 28.

NORWEGIAN AIR

The low-cost airline has pushed back planned launches of its

Tel Aviv and Beirut services to June 15, from April 1 and April

4, respectively. It has cancelled all Dubai flights through

April 8.

PEGASUS

Turkey's Pegasus Airlines has cancelled its Iran, Iraq,

Amman, Beirut, Kuwait, Bahrain, Doha, Dammam, Dubai, Abu Dhabi

and Sharjah flights until April 13. Flights to Riyadh have been

cancelled until March 24.

QATAR AIRWAYS

The carrier said it would operate a revised limited number

of flights until March 28.

SINGAPORE AIRLINES

Singapore Airlines said it will extend the suspension of its

Singapore-Dubai flights until April 30, and add services between

Singapore and London Gatwick from March 31 to October 24, and on

the Singapore-Melbourne route from March 29 to October 24 to

meet higher demand.

TURKISH AIRLINES

Turkish Airlines has cancelled most Middle East flights

until the end of March. SunExpress, its joint venture with

Lufthansa, has cancelled flights to Dubai and Bahrain until

March 23.

VIETNAM AIRLINES

Vietnam's flag carrier has planned to cancel 23 flights per

week across several domestic routes from April.

WIZZ AIR ( WZZAF )

The low-cost airline has 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, Christopher Cushing and Sumana Nandy)

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