Airlines suspend flights after Israel strikes Iran
Below are some of the airlines that have cancelled their flights to and from the region:
AEGEAN AIRLINES AGNr.AT
Greece's Aegean Airlines has cancelled all flights to and from Tel Aviv up to and including the early morning flight on July 12, as well as all flights to and from Beirut, Amman, and Erbil through the morning arrivals of June 28.
AIRBALTIC
Latvia's airBaltic said all flights to and from Tel Aviv until June 23 had been cancelled.
AEROFLOT AFLT.MM
Russia's Aeroflot said it had cancelled flights between Moscow and Tehran, and made changes to other routes in the Middle East after Israeli strikes on Iran.
AIR FRANCE-KLM AIRF.PA
Air France said it had suspended its flights to and from Tel Aviv until further notice.
KLM has cancelled all flights to Tel Aviv until at least July 1, Dutch news agency ANP reported.
AIR INDIA
Air India said multiple flights were either being diverted or returning to their origin.
AJET
Turkish Airlines THYAO.IS subsidiary AJet has cancelled flights to Iran, Iraq and Jordan until Monday morning, an AJet source said.
The source said that 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, the source added.
ARKIA
The Israeli airline said that due to the closure of Israeli airspace, it was cancelling all its flights until June 14.
DELTA AIR LINES DAL.N
Travel to, from, or through Tel Aviv may be impacted between June 12-June 30, the U.S. carrier said on its website.
EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES ELAL.TA
El Al Israel Airlines said that it had suspended all its flights to and from Israel for the time being. Sundor flights are also suspended, the airline added.
ETIHAD AIRWAYS
Etihad Airways said it had cancelled two flights between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv and delayed the departure of four others.
EMIRATES
Emirates said it had cancelled flights to and from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iran until June 15.
FLYDUBAI
Flydubai said it had suspended flights to Amman, Beirut, Damascus, Iran and Israel.
ISRAIR
The Israeli airline said that due to the closure of Israeli airspace it was cancelling all its flights from and to Israel until June 15.
ITA AIRWAYS
The Italian Airline said it would extend the suspension of Tel Aviv flights until July 31.
LUFTHANSA GROUP LHAG.DE
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. The German airline added that it would also avoid Iranian, Iraqi and Israeli airspace for now.
PEGASUS PGSUS.IS
The Turkish airline said it had cancelled flights to Iran until June 19 and flights to Iraq and Jordan until June 16. The company said it would operate flights to Lebanon only during daylight hours.
QATAR AIRWAYS
Qatar Airways said it had temporarily cancelled flights to and from Iraq and Iran. Flights to Damascus Airport, in Syria, will be cancelled until the end of June 14.
RYANAIR RYA.I
Ryanair said that it had cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until August 31.
TAROM
Romania's flag carrier said it had suspended all commercial flights to and from Tel Aviv, Beirut and Amman until Monday, June 16.
TURKISH AIRLINES THYAO.IS
Turkish Airlines and other Turkish operators have cancelled flights to Iran, Iraq, Syria and Jordan until June 16, Turkey's transport minister said.
WIZZ AIR WIZZ.L
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.
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