Airlines continue to cancel and reroute flights amid ongoing Middle East conflict

Middle Eastern carriers are ramping up capacity while European and Asian airlines reroute away from Gulf hubs

Airlines continue to cancel and reroute flights as the conflict in the Middle East disrupts travel across the region.

According to Reuters, Middle Eastern carriers have ramped up capacity following severe disruption from the Iran war, while airlines outside the Gulf are rerouting flights between Europe and Asia away from major hubs in the region.

European carriers extend suspensions

Lufthansa Group has announced that Austrian Airlines will restart operations to Tel Aviv from June 1, while SWISS, ITA Airways, and Lufthansa are currently planning to resume flights as early as July. Brussels Airlines has suspended operations until October 24. Lufthansa, SWISS, and ITA Airlines will continue to suspend flights to Dubai until September 13. Flights to Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Dammam, Riyadh, Erbil, Muscat, and Tehran remain suspended until October 24 across Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, and Brussels Airlines. Low-cost carrier 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 also extended the suspension of its Riyadh flights until June 30.

Air France-KLM has suspended Air France 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.

British Airways, owned by IAG, is reducing Middle East services when flights resume and has permanently dropped Jeddah as a destination while adding capacity to India and Africa. The carrier plans to reduce services to Dubai, Doha, and Tel Aviv to one daily flight from July 1 and to cut Riyadh services from two daily flights to one from mid-May. Changes apply through the summer season ending October 24, with one Dubai service restarting on October 16. IAG's Iberia Express has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv through May 31.

Finnair has cancelled Doha flights until July 2 while continuing to avoid Iraqi, Iranian, Syrian, and Israeli airspace. Dubai flights will only restart in October.

Greece's Aegean Airlines will resume flights to Tel Aviv from Heraklion, Rhodes, and Larnaca on May 21, though flights from Thessaloniki to Tel Aviv are cancelled until June 26. The airline resumed flights to Beirut on May 12 and will recommence flights to Riyadh and Amman on May 21. Flights to Dubai are cancelled until June 29, and to Erbil and Baghdad until July 2.

Latvia's airBaltic has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until June 28 and to Dubai until October 24.

LOT Polish Airlines has suspended flights to Tel Aviv until June 12, to Riyadh until June 30, and to Beirut from March 31 to June 27. The carrier plans to operate its winter route to Dubai in October.

Norwegian Air has pushed back planned launches of its Tel Aviv and Beirut services to June 15.

Wizz Air will resume flights to Tel Aviv on May 28, but flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Amman from mainland European destinations remain suspended until mid-September. All flights to Medina are suspended indefinitely.

Spain's Air Europa has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until May 31.

North American carriers

Air Canada has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv and Dubai until September 7.

Delta has extended its suspension of services for the Atlanta-Tel Aviv route through November 30 and plans to resume New York-JFK to Tel Aviv on September 6. The planned launch of its Boston-Tel Aviv route, originally scheduled for late October, has been delayed until further notice.

Asian and Australian carriers

Cathay Pacific has suspended flights to Dubai and Riyadh until June 30 and cargo freighter services to Dubai and Riyadh until May 31. The Hong Kong airline plans to operate all scheduled flights beyond June.

Singapore Airlines has extended its Singapore-Dubai flight suspension 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.

Japan Airlines has suspended scheduled Tokyo-Doha flights until June 30 and Doha-Tokyo flights until July 1.

Malaysia Airlines will resume limited services to Doha from June 2.

Qantas is adding flights to Rome and Paris to meet increased demand for European routes. Flights to Paris will increase to five return flights per week from three, and the Perth-Singapore service will increase from daily to 10 per week. The updated schedule comes into effect progressively for flights from mid-April and runs until late July.

Turkish carriers

Turkey's Pegasus Airlines has cancelled flights to Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Dammam, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah until June 1.

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

Middle Eastern carriers resume operations

Aeroflot said it would resume flights to the United Arab Emirates from June 1.

Qatar Airways said it is resuming operations to Abu Dhabi and expanding its international flight network to over 150 destinations from June 16.

El Al Israel Airlines has cancelled all flights to Dubai until May 31.

Royal Air Maroc said flights to Doha are cancelled until June 30 and to Dubai until May 31.