Updates with Delta, Emirates, Etihad, Finnair, Ita Airways, Japan Airlines, LOT, Lufthansa and Malaysia Airlines
March 4 (Reuters) - Global air travel remains severely disrupted after the war in Iran forced the closure of key Middle Eastern hubs including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi, stranding tens of thousands of passengers worldwide and disrupting thousands of flights.
Below is the latest on flights listed by airlines in alphabetical order:
AEGEAN AIRLINES AGNr.AT
Greece's largest carrier has suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv, Beirut, Erbil and Baghdad through early morning arrivals of March 10, flights to and from Dubai and Abu Dhabi until the evening arrivals of March 6, and from Riyadh and Jeddah until the early morning arrivals of March 7.
AIR BALTIC
Latvia's airBaltic said all flights to and from Tel Aviv had been cancelled through March 9. All flights to and from Dubai have been cancelled through March 6.
AIR CANADA AC.TO
The Canadian carrier has suspended all flights to and from Dubai and Tel Aviv until March 22 and is planning to restart them on March 23.
AIR EUROPA
The Spanish airline has cancelled all flights to Tel Aviv until March 9.
AIR FRANCE KLM AIRF.PA
Air France has cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv, Beirut, Dubai and Riyadh through March 5.
KLM said its flights to and from Dubai, Riyadh and Dammam were suspended until March 9 and flights to and from Tel Aviv were suspended for the remainder of its winter season.
CATHAY PACIFIC 0293.HK
The Hong Kong airline said it had cancelled all flights to and from Dubai and to and from Riyadh through March 14.
DELTA DAL.N
The U.S. carrier has cancelled flights from New York to Tel Aviv through March 22 and from Tel Aviv to New York through March 23.
EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES ELAL.TA
El AL and Sundor flights to and from Israel were cancelled until 2 a.m. on March 5.
EMIRATES
All flights to and from Dubai remain suspended until March 4.
ETIHAD AIRWAYS
The UAE carrier has suspended all flights to and from its Abu Dhabi hub until 1000 GMT on March 5.
FINNAIR FIA1S.HE
The Finnish carrier has cancelled Doha and Dubai flights until March 28 and is avoiding the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel.
IAG ICAG.L
IAG-owned British Airways said flights to Amman, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Doha and Tel Aviv up to and including March 5 were cancelled.
IAG's low-cost airline, Iberia Express, cancelled all flights to and from Tel Aviv through March 10.
ITA AIRWAYS
ITA Airways has suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv and will not use the airspace of Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Iran until March 8. It extended Dubai cancellations until March 6. Flights to and from Riyadh were halted between March 2-4.
JAPAN AIRLINES 9201.T
Japan Airlines suspended Tokyo-Doha flights scheduled from February 28 to March 14 and Doha-Tokyo flights until March 15.
LOT
The Polish airline said all flights to and from Tel Aviv were cancelled through March 18. It also cancelled flights to Dubai until March 6 and to Riyadh until March 8.
LUFTHANSA GROUP LHAG.DE
The German airline group, which includes Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines, suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv, Beirut, Amman, Erbil and Tehran until March 8 and flights to and from Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Larnaca until March 6.
MALAYSIA AIRLINES
The Malaysian carrier suspended all flights to and from Doha until March 7. It temporarily resumed return services to and from Jeddah and Madinah from March 4-8.
NORWEGIAN AIR NAS.OL
The Nordic airline plans to fly to Tel Aviv and Beirut from June 15, instead of April 1 and April 4, respectively, as it had previously planned.
PEGASUS PGSUS.IS
The Turkish airline has cancelled flights to Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon until March 6 and flights to Iran until March 12.
QATAR AIRWAYS
The carrier said it had suspended flights to and from Doha due to the closure of Qatari airspace.
SINGAPORE AIRLINES SIAL.SI
The Singaporean carrier has cancelled flights to and from Dubai through March 7. Its low-cost airline Scoot cancelled flights to and from Jeddah through March 7.
TURKISH AIRLINES THYAO.IS
The airline cancelled some flights to and from Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Syria and the UAE, and to and from Saudi cities of Dammam and Riyadh.
WIZZ AIR WIZZ.L
The low-cost airline halted flights to and from Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE cities of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and Jordan's capital Amman through March 7.
(Compiled by Josephine Mason, Jamie Freed, Elviira Luoma, Tiago Brandao, Agnieszka Olenska and Romolo Tosiani; Reporting by Reuters bureaus; Editing by Barbara Lewis, Louise Heavens, Christian Schmollinger, Matt Scuffham and Milla Nissi-Prussak)
((Barbara.hm.Lewis@thomsonreuters.com;))
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