Air carriers are maintaining a fluid operating environment as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran affects schedules and routings. Some Middle Eastern airlines report capacity restorations in recent weeks following significant earlier interruptions, while a broad set of non-Gulf carriers have cancelled services or are routing flights between Europe and Asia to avoid the region's main hubs.
Here are the latest operational changes by carrier, in alphabetical order.
AEGEAN AIRLINES - Greece's largest airline plans a phased return to service to Tel Aviv. It will resume Athens-Tel Aviv on April 28 and Heraklion-Tel Aviv on April 30, with Rhodes and Larnaca-Tel Aviv restarting on May 21. The Thessaloniki-Tel Aviv connection remains cancelled through June 26. AEGEAN will restart flights to Riyadh and Amman on May 21. It has suspended flights to Beirut until June 26, to Dubai until June 29, and to Erbil and Baghdad until July 2.
AIRBALTIC - Latvia's airBaltic has cancelled its Tel Aviv services until June 28. In addition, it has suspended flights to Dubai until October 24.
AIR CANADA - The Canadian national carrier has cancelled its services to Tel Aviv and Dubai through September 7.
AIR EUROPA - The Spanish airline has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until May 31.
AIR FRANCE-KLM - Air France has suspended flights to Tel Aviv, Beirut, Dubai and Riyadh until May 10. KLM has suspended flights to Riyadh, Dammam and Dubai until June 14.
CATHAY PACIFIC - The Hong Kong carrier has suspended passenger flights to Dubai and Riyadh until June 30 and has halted cargo freighter services to Dubai and Riyadh until May 31. To address heightened demand to Europe, Cathay Pacific will operate additional passenger flights to London, Paris and Zurich in April, and it plans to operate all scheduled flights beyond June.
DELTA - The U.S. carrier has extended its suspension of Atlanta-Tel Aviv services through November 30 and says it will resume New York-JFK to Tel Aviv on September 6. The planned Boston-Tel Aviv launch, previously scheduled for late October, has been delayed until further notice.
EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES - The Israeli flag carrier reports a gradual expansion of operations. From April 27 it will serve about 40 active gateways. All flights to Dubai are cancelled until May 31.
EMIRATES - The UAE carrier is operating a reduced schedule, serving more than 100 destinations.
ETIHAD AIRWAYS - Etihad says it is operating a commercial schedule from Abu Dhabi to around 80 destinations.
FINNAIR - The Finnish carrier has cancelled its Doha flights until July 2 and continues to avoid the airspace over Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel. Finnair does not restart its Dubai services until October.
IAG - IAG-owned British Airways is reducing Middle East capacity when services resume and will permanently drop Jeddah as a destination. From July 1 it plans to reduce Dubai, Doha and Tel Aviv services to one daily flight, and to cut Riyadh services from two daily flights to one beginning in mid-May. These changes apply through the summer season ending 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.
JAPAN AIRLINES - Japan Airlines has suspended scheduled Tokyo-Doha services until May 31 and Doha-Tokyo services until June 1.
LOT - The Polish carrier suspended flights to Tel Aviv until May 31. It has cancelled Riyadh services until June 30 and had suspended Beirut flights between March 31 and May 30. The airline intends to operate its winter route to Dubai in October.
LUFTHANSA GROUP - Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Edelweiss have suspended flights to Dubai and Tel Aviv until May 31. The group has also suspended flights to Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Dammam, Riyadh, Erbil, Muscat and Tehran until October 24. Low-cost Eurowings has 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 has extended suspension of flights to Tel Aviv, Riyadh and Dubai until May 31.
MALAYSIA AIRLINES - The Malaysian national carrier has suspended flights to Doha until June 14.
NORWEGIAN AIR - The low-cost carrier has delayed planned launches of Tel Aviv and Beirut services until June 15.
PEGASUS - Turkey's Pegasus Airlines has cancelled services to Iran, Iraq, Amman, Beirut, Kuwait, Bahrain, Doha, Dammam, Riyadh, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah until June 1.
QANTAS - Australia's flag carrier is adding capacity to Europe in response to stronger demand. Qantas will add flights to Rome and Paris, increasing Paris to five return services per week from three, and will boost Perth-Singapore from daily to 10 flights per week. An updated schedule phases in from mid-April and will run until late July.
QATAR AIRWAYS - Qatar Airways will restart daily services to Damascus, Bahrain and Kozhikode from May 1, and it says it will expand its network to over 150 destinations from June 16.
ROYAL AIR MAROC - The Moroccan carrier has cancelled flights to Doha until June 30 and to Dubai until May 31.
SINGAPORE AIRLINES - The carrier extended its Singapore-Dubai suspension until May 31, while adding services on Singapore-London Gatwick and Singapore-Melbourne from late March until October 24 to meet higher demand.
TURKISH AIRLINES - SunExpress, a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, has cancelled flights to Dubai until May 21.
WIZZ AIR - The low-cost carrier has delayed the return of flights to Israel until May 4 and is suspending flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman from mainland Europe until mid-September. All flights to Medina are suspended indefinitely.
The operational moves cited above reflect a mix of resumed services by some Middle Eastern carriers and extended suspensions or network adjustments by airlines outside the region. Several carriers are adding or reallocating capacity to European and other long-haul markets in response to shifting passenger demand, while others continue to avoid or limit exposure to Middle East airspace and hubs.