Airlines are continuing to reshape international schedules in reaction to disruptions stemming from the conflict in the Middle East. Some Middle Eastern carriers are increasing capacity as they recover from earlier upheaval, while numerous non‑Gulf operators are rerouting flights between Europe and Asia or pausing services to regional hubs.
Below is an alphabetically ordered rundown of status updates and schedule changes as reported by carriers. Dates and service details are presented as issued by each airline.
AEGEAN AIRLINES - Greece's largest airline will restart flights to Tel Aviv from Heraklion, Rhodes and Larnaca on May 21. Services from Thessaloniki to Tel Aviv remain cancelled through June 26. The carrier will also recommence services to Riyadh and Amman on May 21. Routes to Dubai are cancelled until June 29, and flights to Erbil and Baghdad are suspended until July 2.
AEROFLOT - The Russian flag carrier said it will resume services to the United Arab Emirates beginning June 1.
AIRBALTIC - Latvia's airBaltic has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv through June 28. Its services to Dubai are cancelled until October 24.
AIR CANADA - The Canadian carrier has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv and Dubai until September 7.
AIR EUROPA - Flights to Tel Aviv have been cancelled until June 9.
AIR FRANCE-KLM - Air France has suspended flights to Tel Aviv, Beirut and Dubai until June 3 and to Riyadh until May 19. KLM has suspended services 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 the same two cities until May 31. It intends 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 plans to resume New York-JFK to Tel Aviv flights on September 6. Delta also said a planned Boston-Tel Aviv route launch, previously 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 carrier has cancelled Doha services until July 2 and continues to avoid the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel. Finnair has indicated it will only restart Dubai flights in October.
IAG - IAG-owned British Airways will reduce services to the Middle East when flights resume, permanently dropping Jeddah as a destination, while reallocating capacity toward India and Africa. From July 1 the carrier plans to operate one daily flight to each of Dubai, Doha and Tel Aviv, and to cut Riyadh services from two daily flights to one starting in mid-May. These adjustments apply through the summer season that ends on October 24, with one Dubai service restarting on October 16. IAG's Iberia Express has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv through May 31.
JAPAN AIRLINES - Scheduled Tokyo-Doha services are suspended until June 30, and Doha-Tokyo flights are suspended until July 1.
LOT - The Polish carrier has suspended flights to Tel Aviv until June 12. Flights to Riyadh are cancelled until June 30, and services to Beirut are cancelled from March 31 through June 27. LOT anticipates operating its winter Dubai route in October.
LUFTHANSA GROUP - Austrian Airlines will restart operations to Tel Aviv from June 1. SWISS, ITA Airways and Lufthansa are planning to resume flights as early as July. Brussels Airlines has suspended operations until October 24. Lufthansa, SWISS and ITA Airways will continue to suspend 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 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 has extended suspension of its Riyadh flights until June 30.
MALAYSIA AIRLINES - The carrier will resume limited services to Doha from July 2.
NORWEGIAN AIR - The low-cost carrier has pushed back planned launches of Tel Aviv and Beirut services to June 15.
PEGASUS - Turkey's Pegasus Airlines has 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 Europe, including extra services to Rome and Paris. Flights to Paris will increase to five return services per week from three, while the Perth-Singapore service will increase from daily to 10 weekly flights. Qantas said updated schedules will be applied progressively from mid-April and run until late July.
QATAR AIRWAYS - Qatar Airways said it is expanding its international network to more than 150 destinations from June 16.
ROYAL AIR MAROC - Flights to Doha are cancelled until June 30 and flights to Dubai are cancelled until May 31.
SINGAPORE AIRLINES - The carrier extended the suspension of Singapore-Dubai services until August 2, while adding capacity on the Singapore-London Gatwick and Singapore-Melbourne routes from late March through October 24 to meet increased demand.
TURKISH AIRLINES / SUNEXPRESS - SunExpress, the joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, has cancelled flights to Dubai, Bahrain, Beirut and Erbil until June 30.
WIZZ AIR - The low-cost carrier will resume flights to Tel Aviv on May 28. Flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman from mainland Europe are suspended until mid-September. Wizz Air has also suspended all flights to Medina indefinitely.
These schedule changes illustrate the broad and ongoing disruption to route networks connecting Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Some Gulf and regional carriers are rebuilding capacity on international routes, while many European and other international airlines are reducing or temporarily halting service to cities in or near the conflict zone.
The travel sector remains responsive to evolving operational, regulatory and security considerations, and numerous changes extend well into the summer scheduling period and beyond.