International Airlines Suspend All Middle-East Flights As Israeli Strikes On Iran Cause Disruption | Sahara Reporters
Russia’s Aeroflot announced that it “had cancelled flights between Moscow and Tehran, and made changes to other routes in the Middle-East.”
Israel’s strikes on Iranian nuclear sites and missile facilities have led to sweeping cancellations of international flights across the Middle-East, with major airlines suspending operations or rerouting planes due to security concerns.
Aegean Airlines of Greece has cancelled all flights to and from Tel Aviv until the morning of July 12.
It has also suspended its operations to and from Beirut, Amman, and Erbil through the morning arrivals of June 28.
Latvia’s airBaltic said, “All flights to and from Tel Aviv until June 23 had been cancelled.”
Russia’s Aeroflot announced that it “had cancelled flights between Moscow and Tehran, and made changes to other routes in the Middle-East.”
Air France confirmed it “had suspended its flights to and from Tel Aviv until further notice,” while KLM cancelled all Tel Aviv-bound flights “until at least July 1,” according to Dutch news agency, ANP.
Air India said “multiple flights were either being diverted or returning to their origin.”
AJet has cancelled all flights to Iran, Iraq and Jordan until Monday morning.
A source from the airline said, “AJet would operate flights to Lebanon only during daylight hours. It plans to operate flights to elsewhere in the Middle East including flying over Iraq without using the affected airspace.”
Delta Airlines has taken down all Tel Aviv flights from New York “through August 31 in response to the ongoing conflict in the region.”
El Al Israel Airlines confirmed it “had suspended all its flights to and from Israel for the time being,” and added that Sundor flights “are also suspended.”
Etihad Airways said it “had cancelled two flights between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv and delayed the departure of four others.”
Emirates “had cancelled flights to and from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Iran until June 15.”
Flydubai “had suspended flights to Amman, Beirut, Damascus, Iran and Israel.”
The Israeli airline stated, “Due to the closure of Israeli airspace, it was cancelling all its flights from and to Israel until June 15.”
The Italian airline said it “would extend the suspension of Tel Aviv flights until July 31.”
Lufthansa said it “had suspended all flights to and from Tel Aviv and Tehran until July 31 and to and from Amman, Erbil and Beirut until June 20.”
It added that it “would also avoid Iranian, Iraqi and Israeli airspace for now.”
Turkish Airlines “had cancelled flights to Iran until June 19 and flights to Iraq and Jordan until June 16.”
The company stated it would “operate flights to Lebanon only during daylight hours.”
Qatar Airways confirmed it “had temporarily cancelled flights to and from Iraq and Iran,” and that “flights to Damascus Airport, in Syria, will be cancelled until the end of June 14.”
Ryanair said it “had cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until August 31.”
Romania’s national carrier said it “had suspended all commercial flights to and from Tel Aviv, Beirut and Amman until Monday, June 16.”
Turkey’s transport minister said that Turkish Airlines and other Turkish operators “have cancelled flights to Iran, Iraq, Syria and Jordan until June 16.”
Lastly, Wizz Air “decided on Friday to suspend its operations to Tel Aviv and reroute all of its flights, where possible, that were due to overfly the affected airspaces for the next 72 hours."