Airlines across Europe, Asia, North America and the Middle East continue to modify flight networks following major disruption tied to the Iran war. Some carriers based in the region are expanding capacity where possible; others have cut or suspended services to destinations across the Middle East, or are rerouting flights between Europe and Asia to avoid major hubs in the area.
Below is an alphabetically ordered rundown of the latest schedule changes announced by carriers. Dates and affected routes are reported as stated by the airlines.
- Aegean Airlines - Greece's largest carrier will resume flights to Tel Aviv from Heraklion, Rhodes and Larnaca on May 21. Flights from Thessaloniki to Tel Aviv will remain cancelled until June 26. Aegean will restart services to Beirut on May 12 and to Riyadh and Amman on May 21. Services to Dubai are cancelled until August 31, while flights to Erbil and Baghdad are suspended until July 2.
- airBaltic - Latvia's carrier has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv through June 28. Connections to Dubai are cancelled until October 24.
- Air Canada - The Canadian airline has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv and Dubai until September 7.
- Air Europa - The Spanish carrier has cancelled its Tel Aviv services until May 31.
- Air France-KLM - Air France has suspended flights to Tel Aviv, Beirut and Dubai until May 27, and to Riyadh until May 19. 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 June 30 and cargo freighter services to Dubai and Riyadh until May 31. It plans to operate all scheduled flights beyond June.
- Delta Air Lines - The U.S. carrier has extended suspension of its Atlanta-Tel Aviv route through November 30 and intends to resume New York-JFK to Tel Aviv flights on September 6. Delta said the planned launch of its Boston-Tel Aviv route, scheduled 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 flag-carrier has cancelled its Doha flights until July 2 and continues to avoid the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel. Finnair will only restart Dubai services in October.
- IAG - IAG-owned British Airways is reducing flights to the Middle East when services resume, permanently dropping Jeddah as a destination while adding capacity to India and Africa. From July 1 through the summer season that ends on October 24, BA plans to reduce services to Dubai, Doha and Tel Aviv to one daily flight, and to cut Riyadh services from two daily flights to one from mid-May. One Dubai service is scheduled to restart on October 16. IAG's Spanish low-cost carrier Iberia Express has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv through May 31.
- Japan Airlines - JAL has suspended scheduled Tokyo-Doha flights until May 31 and Doha-Tokyo flights until June 1.
- LOT Polish Airlines - LOT has suspended flights to Tel Aviv until May 31. It has also cancelled flights to Riyadh until June 30 and suspended services to Beirut from March 31 to June 19. The carrier plans to operate its winter route to Dubai in October.
- Lufthansa Group - The group, including Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Edelweiss, has suspended flights to Tel Aviv until May 31 and to Dubai until July 11. Flights to Amman, Beirut, Dammam, Riyadh, Erbil, Muscat and Tehran are suspended until October 24. Low-cost Eurowings 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 extended suspension of flights to Tel Aviv, Riyadh and Dubai until May 31.
- Malaysia Airlines - The carrier will resume limited services to Doha from June 2.
- Norwegian Air - The low-cost carrier has delayed planned launches of its Tel Aviv and Beirut services to June 15.
- Pegasus Airlines - Turkey's Pegasus has cancelled flights 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 flights to Rome and Paris in response to higher demand for European routes. Paris services will increase to five return flights per week from three, and the Perth-Singapore service will increase from daily to 10 flights a week. An updated schedule will come into effect progressively for flights from mid-April and run until late July.
- Qatar Airways - The carrier said it would resume passenger flights to Baghdad, Basra and Erbil in Iraq starting on May 10. Qatar Airways also said it is expanding its international flight network to more than 150 destinations from June 16.
- Royal Air Maroc - The Moroccan carrier said flights to Doha were cancelled until June 30 and flights to Dubai until May 31.
- Singapore Airlines - The carrier extended suspension of its Singapore-Dubai flight until August 2, 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 - SunExpress, the joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, has cancelled flights to Dubai until June 7.
- Wizz Air - The low-cost carrier is suspending flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman from mainland European destinations until mid-September. All flights to Medina are suspended indefinitely.
The actions taken by these airlines span cancellations, temporary suspensions, delayed route launches and capacity adjustments. Some carriers are restarting specific city pairs on set dates, while others have extended suspensions into late summer and autumn. The range of measures includes resuming limited services, permanently dropping destinations and rerouting traffic away from major regional hubs.
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These schedule changes affect a variety of market participants. Airlines and related travel businesses are directly impacted through altered capacity plans and route profitability. Airports in affected cities may see lower passenger volumes on suspended routes, while cargo services have also been adjusted by some carriers. Demand shifts to alternative long-haul gateways or seasonal adjustments in other markets may influence pricing, yield management and unit economics for carriers and their distribution partners.
The geographic scope of the suspensions and cancellations is wide, touching destinations across the Gulf, the Levant, North Africa and parts of Asia. Some airline announcements cover only a small set of routes or temporary measures, while others indicate network changes that will persist through peak summer schedules and into October.