April 27 - Air travel worldwide remains heavily disrupted as the conflict in Iran has led to the closure of principal Middle Eastern hubs, among them Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi. The resulting adjustments to international airline schedules have produced a patchwork of cancellations, suspensions and delayed restarts across carriers. Below is an airline-by-airline account, presented in alphabetical order and reflecting the latest operational notices.
AEGEAN AIRLINES
Greece's largest carrier said it will resume flights to Tel Aviv from Athens on April 28 and from Heraklion on April 30. Services from Rhodes and Larnaca to Tel Aviv are scheduled to restart on May 21. Flights between Thessaloniki and Tel Aviv remain cancelled until June 26. The carrier will resume routes to Riyadh and Amman on May 21. Services to Beirut are cancelled until June 26, to Dubai until June 29, and to Erbil and Baghdad until July 2.
AIRBALTIC
Latvia's airBaltic announced cancellations of flights to Tel Aviv through May 31. The carrier also stated that flights to Dubai are cancelled until October 24.
AIR CANADA
Air Canada has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv and Dubai until September 7.
AIR EUROPA
Air Europa has cancelled services to Tel Aviv until May 31.
AIR FRANCE-KLM
Air France has suspended flights to Tel Aviv, Beirut, Dubai and Riyadh until May 3. KLM has suspended flights to Riyadh, Dammam and Dubai until June 14.
CATHAY PACIFIC
Cathay Pacific has suspended passenger flights to Dubai and Riyadh until June 30 and has also suspended cargo freighter services to Dubai and Riyadh until May 31. To respond to higher demand on European services, the airline said it would operate extra passenger flights to London, Paris and Zurich in April, and it plans to operate all scheduled flights beyond June.
DELTA
Delta Air Lines has cancelled its New York-Tel Aviv flights and delayed the restart of its Atlanta-Tel Aviv route until September 5. The airline said the planned launch of its Boston-Tel Aviv route, which had been scheduled for late October, has been delayed until further notice.
EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES
El Al said it is continuing a gradual expansion of operations and that from April 27 it will operate flights to about 40 active gateways. All flights to Dubai are cancelled until May 31.
EMIRATES
Emirates said it is operating a reduced schedule while continuing service to more than 100 destinations.
ETIHAD AIRWAYS
Etihad Airways said it is operating a commercial schedule between Abu Dhabi and around 80 destinations.
FINNAIR
Finnair has cancelled flights to Doha until July 2 and is continuing to avoid the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel. The airline will not restart its Dubai flights until October.
IAG
IAG, the owner of British Airways, is reducing flights to the Middle East as services resume and is permanently dropping Jeddah as a destination. British Airways plans to reduce services to Dubai, Doha and Tel Aviv to one daily flight from July 1, and to reduce Riyadh services from two daily flights to one from mid-May. These changes are scheduled to apply through the summer season that ends on October 24, with one Dubai service restarting on October 16. IAG's Spanish low-cost carrier Iberia Express has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv through May 31.
KUWAIT AIRWAYS
Kuwait Airways resumed flights to 17 destinations from Kuwait International Airport on April 26 after authorities reopened the country's airspace. Jazeera Airways, another Kuwaiti carrier, restarted service to nine destinations from Kuwait after temporarily shifting operations to Saudi Arabia.
JAPAN AIRLINES
Japan Airlines has suspended scheduled Tokyo-Doha flights until May 31 and Doha-Tokyo flights until June 1.
LOT
The Polish carrier LOT suspended flights to Tel Aviv until May 31 and cancelled flights to Riyadh until June 30. Its flights to Beirut were cancelled from March 31 to May 30. LOT plans to operate its winter route to Dubai in October.
LUFTHANSA GROUP
Airlines within the Lufthansa Group - Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Edelweiss - have suspended flights to Dubai and Tel Aviv until May 31. Flights to Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Dammam, Riyadh, Erbil, Muscat and Tehran are suspended until October 24. Low-cost carrier Eurowings suspended flights to Tel Aviv until May 11, to Beirut and Erbil until May 14 and to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman until October 24. ITA Airways extended the suspension of flights to Tel Aviv, Riyadh and Dubai until May 31.
MALAYSIA AIRLINES
Malaysia Airlines suspended flights to Doha until June 14.
NORWEGIAN AIR
Norwegian Air has delayed the planned launches of its Tel Aviv and Beirut services to June 15.
PEGASUS
Turkey's Pegasus Airlines cancelled flights to Iran, Iraq, Amman, Beirut, Kuwait, Bahrain, Doha, Dammam, Riyadh, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah until June 1.
QANTAS
Qantas, Australia's flag carrier, is adding flights to Rome and Paris to meet an upswing in demand for European routes. Flights to Paris will increase to five return flights per week from three, and the Perth-Singapore service will increase from daily to 10 flights per week. An updated schedule will come into effect progressively for flights from mid-April and run until late July.
QATAR AIRWAYS
Qatar Airways resumed flights to Dubai and Sharjah from April 23 and plans to restart daily flights to Damascus, Bahrain and Kozhikode from May 1. The carrier said it will expand its international flight network to over 150 destinations from June 16.
ROYAL AIR MAROC
Royal Air Maroc said flights to Doha were cancelled until June 30 and flights to Dubai until May 31.
SINGAPORE AIRLINES
Singapore Airlines extended the suspension of its Singapore-Dubai service until May 31, 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, has cancelled flights to Dubai until May 21.
WIZZ AIR
Wizz Air is delaying the return of flights to Israel until May 4 and is suspending flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman from mainland European destinations until mid-September. The carrier has suspended all flights to Medina indefinitely.
Sectoral and market context
The extensive list of route cancellations and suspension periods spans carriers based in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America, and affects both full-service and low-cost operators. The disruptions center on routes to the Gulf and to Israel, with multiple carriers cancelling or postponing services to Tel Aviv, Dubai, Doha, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh for varying lengths of time. Several carriers have also adjusted capacity on routes to Europe and other long-haul markets to respond to altered demand patterns.
Commercial notices and network adjustments
Some airlines are operating reduced schedules while continuing to serve a large number of destinations, while others have issued long suspension windows or permanent network changes such as route withdrawals. A number of carriers announced temporary increases in European services to address higher demand on those sectors, and a few have specified plans to restart routes months ahead.
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What remains uncertain
The situation remains fluid with suspension end-dates varying widely by carrier and route. While some airlines have specified restart dates or windows for resuming service, others have provided indefinite suspensions for certain routes. Carriers that reported plans to add capacity on alternative routes also gave time-limited schedules or seasonal windows for those adjustments.
Operational takeaways
- Major hubs in the Gulf and several routes into and out of Israel remain focal points of disruption.
- Airlines have adopted a mix of temporary cancellations, delayed restarts and capacity reallocation to other markets.
- Some carriers have outlined return-to-service dates for specific routes while others maintain longer suspension periods or indefinite cancellations.
The compilation above reflects the operational notices issued by the carriers concerned and represents the current state of airline schedules as reported on April 27.