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Posted on February 28, 2026
2 min readLast updated: April 2, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleGlobal carriers halted or rerouted Middle East flights on Feb 28 after coordinated US–Israel strikes on Iran, prompting airspace closures over Iran and Iraq and widespread flight suspensions across the region.
Feb 28 (Reuters) - Global airlines cancelled flights across the Middle East on Saturday after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, plunging the region into a new conflict.
Airspace over Iran and Iraq was empty on Saturday morning, maps by flight-tracking service Flightradar24 showed.
Below is the latest on flights listed by airline in alphabetical order:
AIR FRANCE KLM
Air France cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv in Israel and Beirut in Lebanon for Saturday.
KLM brought forward the suspension of its Amsterdam–Tel Aviv service, cancelling the flight scheduled for Saturday. The Dutch arm of Air France‑KLM had announced on Wednesday that flights would be halted from Sunday, but has now advanced that date.
Only one flight to Tel Aviv had been scheduled for Saturday.
INDIGO
The airline said it was monitoring regional updates.
JAPAN AIRLINES
Japan Airlines cancelled a flight on Saturday from Tokyo Haneda to Doha as well as a return flight on March 1, Nikkei said.
LUFTHANSA
The German airline suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv in Israel, Beirut in Lebanon, and Oman until March 7 and flights to and from Dubai on Saturday and Sunday.
They also said they would not add Israeli, Lebanese, Jordanian, Iraqi and Iranian airspace until March 7.
VIRGIN ATLANTIC
Virgin Atlantic said it will temporarily avoid Iraqi airspace, resulting in some pre-planned rerouting of its flights and cancelled its VS400 service from London Heathrow to Dubai on Saturday.
WIZZ AIR
The airline halted flights to and from Israel, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman with immediate effect until March 7.
It added that operational decisions would continue to be reviewed, and the flight schedule could be adjusted as the situation evolves.
(Compiled by Josephine Mason; Reporting by Reuters buros; editing by Barbara Lewis)
Air France, KLM, Japan Airlines, Lufthansa, Virgin Atlantic, and Wizz Air canceled or rerouted multiple flights across the Middle East after US and Israel strikes on Iran.
Airspace over Iran and Iraq was empty, and airlines also avoided Israeli, Lebanese, Jordanian, Iraqi, and Iranian airspaces as a result of the conflict.
Lufthansa and Wizz Air suspended flights or airspace use until March 7, while other airlines stated further schedule reviews would be based on evolving conditions.
Flights to Tel Aviv, Beirut, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Amman, and Doha were among those canceled or rerouted by affected airlines.
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