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Airlines Partially Restore Middle East Routes as Conflict-Related Disruption Persists

Regional carriers add capacity but numerous international airlines keep routes suspended or rerouted amid continued conflict and airspace avoidance

By Sofia Navarro
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Airlines are slowly reinstating some services to the Middle East as regional operators rebuild schedules following war-related disruption tied to the Iran conflict. While several Middle Eastern carriers have added capacity, many international airlines continue to avoid the region by cancelling flights or diverting Europe-Asia services. The situation remains fluid with a mix of resumptions and extended suspensions across major carriers.

Airlines Partially Restore Middle East Routes as Conflict-Related Disruption Persists
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Key Points

  • Regional Middle Eastern carriers have started to add capacity as they rebuild schedules following war-related disruption linked to the Iran conflict.
  • Many international airlines continue to cancel or reroute Europe-Asia flights to avoid the region, creating a patchwork of resumptions and extended suspensions.
  • Sectors most directly affected include airlines, airport operations and international travel routes between Europe and Asia.

Airlines are cautiously restoring a portion of services to the Middle East while the wider disruption from the ongoing conflict remains significant. Regional carriers have begun to add capacity after severe, war-related interruptions linked to the Iran war, but many international operators are still rerouting or suspending Europe-Asia services to avoid the region.

Latest airline schedule status - alphabetical summary

  • AEGEAN AIRLINES - Greece's largest carrier has cancelled flights from Thessaloniki to Tel Aviv through June 26. Its services to Dubai are suspended until August 31, and flights to Erbil and Baghdad have been cancelled until July 2.
  • AIRBALTIC - Latvia's airBaltic has cancelled services to Tel Aviv until June 28 and to Dubai until October 24.
  • AIR CANADA - The Canadian carrier has cancelled flights to both Tel Aviv and Dubai until September 7.
  • AIR EUROPA - The Spanish airline has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv through June 28.
  • AIR FRANCE-KLM - Air France has suspended flights to Tel Aviv until June 21 and to Beirut and Dubai until June 24. KLM has suspended flights to Riyadh and Dammam until July 26 and to Dubai until August 2.
  • CATHAY PACIFIC - The Hong Kong-based carrier has suspended services to Dubai and Riyadh until August 31.
  • DELTA - The U.S. carrier has suspended the Atlanta-Tel Aviv service through December 18. It plans to resume New York-JFK to Tel Aviv flights on September 6. The planned Boston-Tel Aviv launch, originally scheduled for late October, has been delayed until further notice.
  • FINNAIR - The Finnish carrier has cancelled its Doha flights until October 2 and continues to avoid the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel. Finnair will restart Dubai flights only in its winter season, resuming them in October.
  • IAG / BRITISH AIRWAYS - IAG-owned British Airways delayed the resumption of flights to Doha until August 1 and to Riyadh until August 8. Flights to Dubai, Tel Aviv, Bahrain and Amman are paused through the end of the summer season and are scheduled to resume on October 25. When those services restart, BA plans to reduce frequencies to one daily flight to Dubai, Doha, Riyadh and Tel Aviv, and to drop Jeddah as a destination.
  • JAPAN AIRLINES - Japan Airlines has suspended scheduled Tokyo-Doha flights until July 31 and Doha-Tokyo flights until August 1.
  • LOT - The Polish carrier has cancelled flights to Riyadh until June 30 and to Beirut until June 27. LOT intends to operate its winter route to Dubai starting in October.
  • LUFTHANSA GROUP - Lufthansa plans to resume flights to Tel Aviv as early as July 1. ITA Airways has also confirmed resumption of Tel Aviv services from July 1. SWISS postponed the resumption of Tel Aviv flights until August, while Brussels Airlines suspended operations to Tel Aviv until October 24. Lufthansa, SWISS and ITA Airways will continue suspending flights to Dubai until September 13. Additionally, Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines have suspended flights to Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Dammam, Riyadh, Erbil, Muscat and Tehran until October 24.
  • EUROWINGS - The low-cost carrier has suspended flights to Tel Aviv until July 9, to Beirut until June 12, to Erbil until June 22 and to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman until October 24.
  • ITA AIRWAYS - ITA has extended the suspension of its flights to Riyadh until June 30.
  • MALAYSIA AIRLINES - The Malaysian carrier will resume limited services to Doha from July 2.
  • NORWEGIAN AIR - The low-cost airline has postponed indefinitely the planned launches of its Tel Aviv and Beirut services; no new start dates have been decided.
  • PEGASUS - Turkey's Pegasus Airlines cancelled flights to Amman, Baghdad and Beirut that were scheduled for June 9.
  • QANTAS - Australia's flag carrier is adding capacity on some European routes in response to higher demand. Qantas will increase flights to Paris to five return services per week from three, and the Perth-Singapore route will increase from daily service to 10 weekly. The updated schedule was due to come into effect progressively for flights from mid-April and run until late July.
  • ROYAL AIR MAROC - The Moroccan carrier said flights to Doha were cancelled until June 30.
  • SINGAPORE AIRLINES - The carrier extended the suspension of its Singapore-Dubai flight until August 2. Separately, it added services on the Singapore-London Gatwick and Singapore-Melbourne routes from late March until October 24 to meet increased demand.
  • TURKISH AIRLINES / SUNEXPRESS - SunExpress, the joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, cancelled flights to Dubai until June 30 and cancelled flights to Bahrain, Beirut and Erbil until July 14.
  • WIZZ AIR - The low-cost airline suspended flights from mainland Europe to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman until mid-September.

Overall, the pattern is one of partial recoveries by some carriers and extended suspensions by others. Regional Middle Eastern carriers have restored certain services to add capacity after the severe disruption, but many carriers based outside the Gulf continue to reroute or avoid the region, particularly on Europe-Asia corridors.


Contextual note - The operational picture remains fragmented. Some airlines have set near-term resumption dates for specific routes, while others have stretched suspensions into the autumn or postponed launches indefinitely. Network restoration is uneven across airlines and destinations.

Risks

  • Ongoing conflict and related safety concerns may prolong route suspensions or cause further cancellations, impacting airline schedules and revenue - affecting the airlines and international travel sectors.
  • Continued airspace avoidance by international carriers could disrupt cargo and passenger traffic flows, with potential knock-on effects for airports and logistics chains servicing Europe-Asia routes.
  • Indeterminate resumption timelines for some carriers create uncertainty for route planning and capacity decisions, which could affect airline network strategies and seasonal capacity allocations.

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