Global air travel remains heavily disrupted after the war in Iran led to the closure of critical Middle Eastern hubs - including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi - stranding tens of thousands of passengers and affecting thousands of flights worldwide. Airlines have issued a patchwork of suspension notices and limited operations as they cope with closed airspace, temporary authorisations and shifting safety assessments.
Below is an alphabetized breakdown of the cancellations and service adjustments announced by carriers. The descriptions reflect each airline's latest published changes to scheduled services.
AEGEAN AIRLINES
- Greece's largest carrier cancelled flights to Tel Aviv through early morning arrivals of March 20.
- Flights to Beirut, Erbil and Baghdad are cancelled through early morning arrivals of March 25.
- Services to Dubai and Abu Dhabi are cancelled until the evening arrivals of March 19.
- Flights to Riyadh are cancelled until the early morning arrivals of March 14.
AIR BALTIC
- All flights to and from Tel Aviv have been cancelled through March 28.
- All flights to and from Dubai have been cancelled through March 16, including a Dubai-Riga flight scheduled for March 17.
AIR CANADA
- The Canadian carrier has axed all flights to Tel Aviv until May 2.
- All services to Dubai were cancelled through March 28.
AIR EUROPA
- The Spanish airline cancelled all flights to Tel Aviv until March 11.
AIR FRANCE KLM
- Air France suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv and Beirut through March 11, and suspended services to and from Dubai and Riyadh through March 10, including a departing Dubai flight on March 11.
- KLM said flights to and from Dubai, Riyadh and Dammam were suspended until March 10, and flights to and from Tel Aviv were suspended for the remainder of its winter season.
CATHAY PACIFIC
- The Hong Kong carrier cancelled all flights to and from Dubai and to and from Riyadh through March 14.
DELTA
- Delta has cancelled flights from New York to Tel Aviv through March 22 and cancelled flights from Tel Aviv to New York through March 23.
EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES
- El AL and Sundor flights to and from Israel were cancelled until 2 a.m. local time on March 10.
EMIRATES
- The UAE airline said it was operating a reduced flight schedule until further notice.
ETIHAD AIRWAYS
- Etihad will resume a limited commercial flight schedule from March 6, operating between Abu Dhabi and a number of key destinations.
FINNAIR
- The Finnish carrier cancelled Doha and Dubai flights until March 29 and said it was avoiding the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel.
- Finnair will send at least one flight to Muscat on March 10 to repatriate customers and plans to operate further repatriation services later in the week.
IAG
- IAG-owned British Airways cancelled flights to Tel Aviv through March 9 and cancelled flights to Amman, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai and Doha through March 7, while operating a reduced schedule to Larnaca.
- BA plans flights for its customers from Muscat between March 9 and March 12.
- IAG's low-cost carrier Iberia Express cancelled all flights to and from Tel Aviv through March 10.
- The group did not immediately provide updates on other services.
ITA AIRWAYS
- ITA Airways suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv until March 22 and extended cancellations to Dubai until March 10.
JAPAN AIRLINES
- Japan Airlines suspended Tokyo-Doha flights scheduled from February 28 to March 21, and suspended Doha-Tokyo flights until March 22.
LOT
- The Polish carrier said all flights to and from Tel Aviv and Dubai were cancelled until March 28.
LUFTHANSA GROUP
- The German airline group, which includes Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Swiss and Brussels Airlines, suspended flights to Tel Aviv through April 2 and to Beirut through March 28.
- Flights to Amman and Erbil were suspended through March 15; flights to Tehran were suspended through April 30.
- Flights to Dammam, Dubai and Abu Dhabi were suspended through March 15.
MALAYSIA AIRLINES
- The Malaysian carrier suspended all flights to and from Doha until March 13.
- It resumed normal operations to and from Jeddah and Madinah from March 8.
NORWEGIAN AIR
- The Nordic airline moved planned returns to Tel Aviv and Beirut, saying it now plans to fly to Tel Aviv and Beirut from June 15, instead of April 1 and April 4 respectively, as previously planned.
PEGASUS
- Pegasus removed Iran flights from its schedule until March 20, according to the Turkish transport minister.
- The carrier also cancelled its Amman and Beirut departures through March 12 and returns through March 13.
- Flight departures from Kuwait, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Riyadh and Dammam through March 9 and returns through March 10 have been cancelled.
QATAR AIRWAYS
- Qatar Airways is operating a limited flight schedule to and from Doha and intends to operate some flights from March 9, following temporary authorisation from the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority.
SAUDIA AIRLINES
- The Saudi carrier suspended its Amman, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Doha and Bahrain flights until March 10, and suspended Moscow and Peshawar flights until March 15.
- Saudia said there was a partial resumption of flights operating on a limited schedule to Dubai.
TURKISH AIRLINES
- Turkish Airlines removed Iran flights from its programme until March 12, according to the Turkish transport minister.
- All Turkish Airlines flights to Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan were cancelled through March 13.
WIZZ AIR
- The low-cost carrier suspended flights to and from Israel, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman through March 15.
Passengers and freight customers are facing a mixture of long cancellations, temporary route closures and ad-hoc repatriation services. Some carriers have specified particular return or repatriation flights - for example, Finnair's Muscat service on March 10 - while others have announced blanket suspensions for entire routes over longer periods, such as Air Canada's Tel Aviv cancellations through May 2 and Lufthansa Group's Tel Aviv suspension through April 2.
Carriers operating from or through Middle Eastern hubs are handling a complex mix of closed airspace, regulatory temporary authorisations and operational constraints. Some national and regional airlines are operating limited timetables to key destinations to restore minimal connectivity and bring travellers home, while others remain largely grounded on affected axes until authorities reopen airspace or further assessments are made.
Travelers impacted by these cancellations should follow their airline's guidance for rebooking, refunds and repatriation options. The disruption also implies a notable slowdown in passenger flows through affected hubs and could influence operational decisions for airlines with material exposure to the region.