Some airlines have resumed limited routes to the Middle East while others maintain suspensions, keeping travel disruption in place even as diplomatic efforts to end the recent hostilities progress. The following is a company-by-company status update presented in alphabetical order, reflecting the latest operational decisions announced by carriers.
AEGEAN AIRLINES - Greece’s largest carrier reinstated flights between Thessaloniki and Tel Aviv on June 28. The airline has cancelled services to Dubai through August 31 and to Erbil and Baghdad through September 30.
AIRBALTIC - Latvia’s airBaltic cancelled its Tel Aviv flights through June 28, with plans to resume on July 1. The carrier has also cancelled flights to Dubai until October 24.
AIR CANADA - The Canadian carrier has cancelled services to both Tel Aviv and Dubai through October 24.
AIR EUROPA - The Spanish airline resumed flights to Tel Aviv on June 29.
AIR FRANCE-KLM - Air France has suspended flights to Tel Aviv until July 1 and to Dubai and Beirut until July 5. KLM has suspended services to Riyadh, Dammam and Dubai until August 9.
CATHAY PACIFIC - The Hong Kong carrier has suspended flights to Dubai and Riyadh until August 31.
DELTA - Delta has suspended its 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 due in 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 restart of flights to Doha until August 1 and to Riyadh until August 8. Services to Dubai, Tel Aviv, Bahrain and Amman are paused until 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 for Dubai, Doha, Riyadh and Tel Aviv, and the airline is dropping Jeddah as a destination.
JAPAN AIRLINES - Japan Airlines has suspended scheduled Tokyo-Doha flights until August 31 and Doha-Tokyo flights until September 1.
LOT - The Polish carrier cancelled flights to Riyadh through June 30 and plans to resume operations on July 2. LOT plans to operate its seasonal winter route to Dubai from October and to resume services to Beirut in its Summer 2027 schedule.
LUFTHANSA GROUP - Lufthansa has signalled plans to resume flights to Tel Aviv as early as July 1. ITA Airways confirmed resumption of Tel Aviv service from July 1 as well. SWISS postponed the resumption of its Tel Aviv flights until August, and Brussels Airlines suspended operations to Tel Aviv until October 24. Lufthansa and SWISS will continue suspending Dubai flights until September 13. In addition, Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines have suspended flights to Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Dammam, Riyadh, Erbil, Muscat and Tehran through October 24.
EUROWINGS - The low-cost carrier Eurowings suspended flights to Tel Aviv until July 9, to Beirut and Erbil until June 30, and to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman until October 24.
ITA AIRWAYS - ITA Airways has extended the suspension of its flights to Riyadh until July 31 and to Dubai until October 24 for operational reasons.
MALAYSIA AIRLINES - Malaysia Airlines will resume limited services to Doha from July 2.
NORWEGIAN AIR - The low-cost carrier has pushed back planned launches of its Tel Aviv and Beirut services indefinitely; no new start dates have been decided.
ROYAL AIR MAROC - The Moroccan carrier said flights to Doha were cancelled until June 30.
SINGAPORE AIRLINES - Singapore Airlines extended the suspension of its Singapore-Dubai service until August 2. To meet elevated demand on other long-haul markets, it added services on the Singapore-London Gatwick and Singapore-Melbourne routes from late March through October 24.
TURKISH AIRLINES / SUNEXPRESS - SunExpress, the joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, cancelled flights to Dubai until June 30 and to Bahrain, Beirut and Erbil until July 14.
WIZZ AIR - The low-cost carrier suspended flights from mainland Europe to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman until mid-September.
Context and operational impact - The picture across carriers is mixed: some operators have cautiously reinstated select connections, while many others keep routes on hold for weeks to months. These staggered reopenings and extended suspensions continue to fragment air links to and through the Middle East, complicating planning for passengers, freight customers and travel-dependent businesses.
Summary
Diplomatic activity has coincided with a number of targeted flight resumptions to the Middle East, but a significant portion of international carriers remain cautious, maintaining suspensions or pushing back planned launches. The result is a persistent, uneven disruption of travel corridors in the region.
Key points
- Several airlines have restarted limited services - examples include AEGEAN (Thessaloniki-Tel Aviv) and Air Europa (Tel Aviv) - while many routes remain suspended.
- Major groups such as Lufthansa Group and IAG have staged phased resumptions and extended suspensions, affecting frequencies and the breadth of their networks.
- The disruptions affect multiple sectors beyond passenger travel, including air cargo, logistics and tourism, given the broad suspend/resume decisions across carriers.
Risks and uncertainties
- Operational continuity remains uncertain for routes with extended suspensions - airlines cited specific suspension end dates ranging from late June to October and beyond, keeping scheduling and capacity planning volatile.
- Airspace avoidance by certain carriers - for example, Finnair continues to avoid the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel - can lengthen routings and raise operating costs for affected services.
- Planned launches and seasonal services remain vulnerable - several carriers have delayed new routes indefinitely or shifted seasonal services, creating uncertainty for demand forecasts in affected markets.
This update provides a snapshot of carriers' publicly announced operational positions. Where airlines have given explicit dates for resumption or suspension, those dates are recorded above. Where carriers have described intentions to reduce frequency or alter networks upon resumption, those plans are noted as announced.