The ongoing conflict in the Middle East has led to a complex reshaping of airline schedules. Some carriers based in the region have increased capacity after earlier disruption, while a wide range of international airlines have either suspended services, pushed back planned launches or rerouted flights to avoid key airspace. Below is a country- and carrier-level compilation of the latest operational decisions, presented alphabetically by airline.
AEGEAN AIRLINES - Greece's biggest carrier will resume flights to Tel Aviv from Heraklion, Rhodes and Larnaca on May 21. Services from Thessaloniki to Tel Aviv remain cancelled until June 26. AEGEAN has also suspended flights to Dubai until August 31, and to Erbil and Baghdad until July 2.
AEROFLOT - The Russian flag carrier said it will resume flights to the United Arab Emirates from June 1.
AIRBALTIC - Latvia-based airBaltic has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until June 28 and suspended services to Dubai until October 24.
AIR CANADA - The Canadian carrier has cancelled services to both Tel Aviv and Dubai until September 7.
AIR EUROPA - Air Europa has cancelled its flights to Tel Aviv until June 28.
AIR FRANCE-KLM - Air France has suspended flights to Tel Aviv, Beirut and Dubai until June 3 and its Riyadh services until May 26. KLM has suspended flights to Riyadh, Dammam and Dubai until June 28.
CATHAY PACIFIC - The Hong Kong airline has suspended passenger flights to Dubai and Riyadh until August 31 and has also suspended cargo freighter services to Dubai and Riyadh until May 31. Cathay Pacific plans to operate all scheduled flights beyond June.
DELTA - The U.S. carrier extended the suspension of Atlanta-Tel Aviv services through December 18 and plans to resume New York-JFK to Tel Aviv flights on September 6. The planned Boston-Tel Aviv launch, originally set for late October, has been delayed until further notice.
EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES - All flights to Dubai are cancelled until May 31.
FINNAIR - The Finnish carrier has cancelled its Doha flights until July 2 and continues to avoid the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel. Finnair will only resume flights to Dubai in October.
IAG - IAG-owned British Airways has delayed resuming flights to Dubai, Doha and Tel Aviv until August 1 and will reduce flights to the Middle East when services resume. British Airways plans to drop Jeddah as a destination permanently and to reduce services to Dubai, Doha, Riyadh and Tel Aviv to one daily flight. Iberia Express, an IAG low-cost unit, has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv through May 31.
JAPAN AIRLINES - The airline has suspended scheduled Tokyo-Doha flights until July 31 and Doha-Tokyo flights until August 1.
LOT - The Polish carrier suspended flights to Tel Aviv until May 30. Flights to Riyadh are cancelled until June 30 and services to Beirut disrupted from March 31 through June 27. LOT plans to operate a winter route to Dubai in October.
LUFTHANSA GROUP - Austrian Airlines intends to restart operations to Tel Aviv on June 1. SWISS, ITA Airways and Lufthansa have plans to resume flights as early as July. Brussels Airlines has suspended operations until October 24. Lufthansa, SWISS and ITA Airways will continue suspending flights to Dubai until September 13. Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines have suspended services to Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Dammam, Riyadh, Erbil, Muscat and Tehran until October 24. Low-cost carrier Eurowings 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 also 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 pushed back planned launches of its Tel Aviv and Beirut services to June 15.
PEGASUS - Turkey's Pegasus Airlines cancelled flights to Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Dammam, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah until June 1.
QANTAS - Australia's flag carrier is adding capacity to select European routes to meet higher demand. Qantas will increase flights to Paris to five return services per week from three, and will raise the Perth-Singapore service from daily to 10 weekly rotations. An updated schedule will be introduced progressively for flights from mid-April and run until late July.
QATAR AIRWAYS - The carrier plans to expand its international network to more than 150 destinations from June 16.
ROYAL AIR MAROC - Flights to Doha have been cancelled until June 30 and services to Dubai are cancelled until May 31.
SINGAPORE AIRLINES - Singapore Airlines extended suspension of its Singapore-Dubai service until August 2. It has also added services on the Singapore-London Gatwick and Singapore-Melbourne routes from late March through October 24 to meet increased demand.
TURKISH AIRLINES - SunExpress, a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, cancelled flights to Dubai, Amman, Bahrain, Beirut and Erbil until June 30.
WIZZ AIR - Wizz Air will resume flights to Tel Aviv on May 28. However, flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman from mainland European origins remain suspended until mid-September. All flights to Medina are suspended indefinitely.
This listing reflects the most recent operational notices from each carrier and highlights a mix of short-term suspensions, deferred resumptions and strategic network adjustments. The measures taken by carriers include passenger route cancellations, cargo freighter suspensions and selective capacity increases, illustrating how airlines are balancing safety considerations, regulatory constraints and evolving demand.
Given the range of dates for resumptions and ongoing suspensions, airlines and their commercial partners face continued scheduling uncertainty through the summer and into the autumn timetable changes noted by a number of carriers.