Airlines resume some Middle East flights but disruption continues

Some airlines are restoring flights to parts of the Middle East as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict that followed US and Israeli strikes on Iran gather pace, but many carriers have kept suspensions in place that continue to disrupt global travel.

Below is an update on the status of airlines' flights, in alphabetical order:

Aegean Airlines

Greece's largest carrier cancelled its flights to Dubai until 31 August, and to Erbil and Baghdad until 30 September.

AirBaltic

Latvia's airBaltic resumed operations to Tel Aviv on 1 July. Flights to Dubai are cancelled until 24 October.

Air Canada

The Canadian carrier has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv and Dubai until 24 October.

Air Europa

The Spanish airline resumed flights to Tel Aviv on 29 June.

Air France-KLM

Air France has suspended its Tel Aviv flights until 2 July, to Dubai until 5 July and to Beirut until 9 July.

KLM suspended flights to Riyadh, Dammam and Dubai until 23 August.

Cathay Pacific

The Hong Kong airline has suspended flights to Dubai and Riyadh until 31 August.

Delta

The US carrier has suspended services for the Atlanta-Tel Aviv route through 18 December. It plans to resume New York-JFK to Tel Aviv flights on 6 September, while the launch of its Boston-Tel Aviv route, planned for late October, has been delayed until further notice.

Finnair

The Finnish carrier has cancelled its Doha flights until 2 October, while continuing to avoid the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel. It will restart Dubai flights, which it operates only in the winter season, in October.

IAG

IAG-owned British Airways delayed the resumption of its flights to Doha until 1 August and to Riyadh until 8 August. Flights to Dubai, Tel Aviv, Bahrain and Amman are paused until the end of the summer season and are scheduled to resume on 25 October.

It plans to reduce services to Dubai, Doha, Riyadh and Tel Aviv to one daily flight when they resume, while dropping Jeddah as a destination.

Japan Airlines

Japan Airlines has suspended scheduled Tokyo-Doha flights until 31 August and Doha-Tokyo flights until 1 September.

LOT

The Polish airline has cancelled flights to Riyadh until 30 June and plans to resume operations on 2 July. LOT plans to operate its winter route to Dubai from October and to resume operations to Beirut in its Summer 2027 schedule.

Lufthansa Group

Lufthansa and ITA Airways resumed flights to Tel Aviv on 1 July. SWISS postponed the resumption of flights until August and Brussels Airlines suspended operations until 24 October.

Lufthansa and SWISS will continue their suspension of Dubai flights until 13 September.

Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines suspended flights to Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Dammam, Riyadh, Erbil, Muscat and Tehran until 24 October.

Low-cost carrier Eurowings resumed operations to Beirut and Erbil on 1 July and plans to resume flights to Tel Aviv on 10 July. The airline expects to resume the remaining Middle East destinations in autumn.

ITA Airways has also extended the suspension of its flights to Riyadh until 31 July and to Dubai until 24 October for operational reasons.

Malaysia Airlines

The Malaysian carrier will resume daily flights to Doha from 2 July. The second daily service will remain suspended.

Norwegian Air

The low-cost airline has pushed back planned launches of its Tel Aviv and Beirut services indefinitely, and no new start dates have been decided.

Royal Air Maroc

The Moroccan carrier said flights to Doha were cancelled until 30 June and plans to resume operations on 2 July.

Singapore Airlines

The carrier extended its Singapore-Dubai flight suspension until 2 August, while adding services on the Singapore-London Gatwick and Singapore-Melbourne routes from late March until 24 October to meet higher demand.

Turkish Airlines

SunExpress, Turkish Airlines' joint venture with Lufthansa, has cancelled flights to Dubai until 30 June and to Bahrain, Beirut and Erbil until 14 July.

Wizz Air

The low-cost airline suspended flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman from mainland European destinations until mid-September.