Global airlines have suspended thousands of commercial flights as an escalation of conflict between the U.S., Israel, and Iran has shut down air transit across Middle East since last weekend.
Critical airport hubs in the region have also been targeted by Iranian missile and drone strikes.
One of the world's busiest travel corridors, which accounted for nearly 10% of global air traffic last year, remains severely disrupted by lingering airspace closures, even as major hubs like Dubai International Airport resumed operations with a limited number of flights late Monday. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency extended its advisory to avoid the region until at least March 6. Flights to Cyprus were also disrupted after a drone strike on the British military base on the eastern Mediterranean island.
The volatility continued to weigh on airline stocks, with European and Asian names extending losses Tuesday and U.S. peers falling in premarket trading, as investors braced for a prolonged conflict and surging fuel costs while travelers grapple with disruptions.
See below a list of affected airlines:
-- Dubai-based airline Emirates started operating a handful of commercial flights on the evening of Monday but maintained all other flights suspended until further notice.
-- Etihad Airways suspended all flights to and from Abu Dhabi until 1000 GMT on Wednesday. "Some repositioning, cargo and repatriation flights may operate in coordination with UAE authorities and subject to strict operational and safety approvals," it said.
-- Qatar Airways said it halted flight operations for the foreseeable future because of the closure of the Qatari airspace.
-- Saudia Airlines flights to and from Amman, Kuwait, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Bahrain, Moscow, and Peshawar remain canceled until March 4 at 2359 GMT.
-- Delta Air Lines said travel to Tel Aviv could be affected until March 31.
-- American Airlines is offering passengers on flights to Abu Dhabi, Amman, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai and Larnaca until March 15 the option to change their booking. Those with bookings to Cairo and Tel Aviv until March 10 can do the same.
-- United Airlines issued a travel alert for travel to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Beirut, Erbil and Tel Aviv's airports until March 31.
-- Air France canceled flights to and from Tel Aviv, Beirut, Dubai and Riyadh until March 5. KLM has cancelled flights to and from Dammam, Dubai and Riyadh until March 9.
-- British Airways, which is owned by IAG, said it canceled a number of its flights to the Middle East and is offering customers flying between London Heathrow and Abu Dhabi, Amman, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai or Tel Aviv, as well as those with bookings to Larnaca in Cyprus, the option to rebook their travels. All other flights operate as usual, it added.
-- Germany's Lufthansa suspended its flights to and from Tel Aviv, Beirut, Amman, Dammam and Erbil through March 8th, and those to Dubai and Abu Dhabi until March 4. The airline will initially suspend flights to Larnaca in Cyprus until March 3. Lufthansa had already cancelled links to Tehran through the end of the month.
-- Turkish Airlines has canceled some of its flights to and from Bahrain, Dammam and Riyadh, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Syria and United Arab Emirates. The group is allowing its passengers that had tickets to fly to Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria between Feb. 28 and March 12 to change their reservations.
-- Finnair has temporarily suspended its flights to and from Doha until March 10 and those to and from Dubai until March 28. "We are also temporarily not flying through the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria, or Israel," it added.
-- Norwegian Air Shuttle said it temporarily cancelled all of its flights to and from Dubai until March 10.
-- easyJet said it wouldn't be operating the four return flights to Cyprus it had scheduled on March 3.
-- Wizz Air has canceled all of its flights to and from Israel, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Amman and Saudi Arabia up to and including March 7.
-- Air India said it extended the temporary suspension of all flights to and from the Middle East until 1829 GMT on March 3 due to the closure of multiple airspaces over the region.
-- Cathay Pacific said it suspended all operations in the Middle East, including passenger services to and from Dubai and Riyadh until March 14 and freighter services to and from Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai. It added that flights that would normally transit the area were being rerouted.
-- Singapore Airlines canceled its twice-daily flights between Singapore and Dubai from Feb. 28 to March 7.
-- Air Canada suspended all of its flights to and from Dubai and Tel Aviv until March 23.
Write to Elena Vardon at elena.vardon@wsj.com
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March 03, 2026 06:27 ET (11:27 GMT)
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