Factbox-Airlines resume some Middle East flights but disruption continues
Overview of Airline Flight Status and Disruptions in the Middle East
May 29 (Reuters) - Airlines are gradually restoring some flights to the Middle East as regional carriers rebuild schedules after war-related disruption, though the conflict continues to disrupt wider traffic flows.
Middle Eastern airlines have added capacity after severe disruption linked to the Iran war, while many carriers outside the Gulf are still diverting Europe-Asia flights to avoid the region.
Below is the latest on flights, in alphabetical order:
AEGEAN AIRLINES
Flight Cancellations and Suspensions
Greece's largest carrier cancelled its flights from Thessaloniki to Tel Aviv until June 26. Flights to Dubai are cancelled until August 31, and to Erbil and Baghdad until July 2.
AEROFLOT
Resumption of Flights
The Russian flag carrier said it would resume flights to the United Arab Emirates from June 1.
AIRBALTIC
Flight Cancellations
Latvia's airBaltic says flights to Tel Aviv have been cancelled until June 28. Flights to Dubai are cancelled until October 24.
AIR CANADA
Flight Suspensions
The Canadian carrier has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv and Dubai until September 7.
AIR EUROPA
Service Updates
The Spanish airline has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until June 28.
AIR FRANCE-KLM
Air France
Air France has suspended its Tel Aviv flights until June 7. The French airline has also suspended flights to Beirut and Dubai until June 10 and to Riyadh until June 2.
KLM
KLM has suspended flights to Riyadh and Dammam until July 12 and to Dubai until August 2.
CATHAY PACIFIC
Suspensions and Future Plans
The Hong Kong airline has suspended flights to Dubai and Riyadh until August 31 and cargo freighter services to Dubai and Riyadh until May 31. It plans to operate all scheduled flights beyond June.
DELTA
Service Extensions and Delays
The U.S. carrier has extended its suspension of services for the Atlanta-Tel Aviv route through December 18 and plans to resume New York-JFK to Tel Aviv flights on September 6. It said the launch of its Boston-Tel Aviv route, planned for late October, had been delayed until further notice.
EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES
Dubai Flight Cancellations
All flights to Dubai are cancelled until May 31.
FINNAIR
Flight Cancellations and Airspace Avoidance
The Finnish carrier has cancelled its Doha flights until October 2, while continuing to avoid the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel. It will only restart Dubai flights in October.
IAG
British Airways
IAG-owned British Airways has delayed resuming flights to Dubai, Doha and Tel Aviv to August 1 and plans to reduce flights to the Middle East when services resume, while permanently dropping Jeddah as a destination.
The carrier also plans to reduce services to Dubai, Doha, Riyadh and Tel Aviv to one daily flight.
Iberia Express
IAG's Spanish low-cost airline Iberia Express has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv through May 31.
JAPAN AIRLINES
Suspended Services
Japan Airlines has suspended scheduled Tokyo-Doha flights until July 31 and Doha-Tokyo flights until August 1.
LOT
Flight Suspensions and Future Plans
The Polish airline has suspended flights to Tel Aviv until May 30. It has also cancelled flights to Riyadh until June 30 and to Beirut from March 31 to June 27. LOT plans to operate its winter route to Dubai in October.
LUFTHANSA GROUP
Airline-Specific Updates
Austrian Airlines
Austrian Airlines will restart operations to Tel Aviv from June 1, while SWISS, ITA Airways and Lufthansa are planning to resume flights as early as July. Brussels Airlines has suspended operations until October 24.
Lufthansa, SWISS, ITA Airways
Lufthansa, SWISS and ITA Airways will continue to suspend flights to Dubai until September 13.
Group-wide Suspensions
Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines suspended flights to Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Dammam, Riyadh, Erbil, Muscat and Tehran until October 24.
Eurowings
Low-cost carrier Eurowings 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
ITA Airways also extended the suspension of its flights to Riyadh until June 30.
MALAYSIA AIRLINES
Service Resumption
The Malaysian carrier will resume limited services to Doha from July 2.
NORWEGIAN AIR
Launch Delays
The low-cost airline has pushed back planned launches of its Tel Aviv and Beirut services to June 15.
PEGASUS
Flight Cancellations
Turkey's Pegasus Airlines cancelled its Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Dammam, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah flights until June 1.
QANTAS
Capacity Increases
Australia's flag carrier is adding flights to Rome and Paris to meet an upswing in 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 a week. An updated schedule will come into effect progressively for flights from mid-April and run until late July.
ROYAL AIR MAROC
Flight Cancellations
The Moroccan carrier said flights to Doha were cancelled until June 30 and those to Dubai until May 31.
SINGAPORE AIRLINES
Suspensions and Added Services
The carrier 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.
TURKISH AIRLINES
Joint Venture SunExpress
SunExpress, Turkish Airlines' joint venture with Lufthansa, has cancelled flights to Dubai, Bahrain, Beirut and Erbil until June 30.
WIZZ AIR
Flight Resumptions and Ongoing Suspensions
The low-cost airline resumed 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.
(Compiled by Josephine Mason, Jamie Freed, Elviira Luoma, Tiago Brandao, Agnieszka Olenska, Bernadette Hogg, Boleslaw Lasocki and Romolo Tosiani. Editing by Matt Scuffham, Alexander Smith, Susan Fenton, Milla Nissi-Prussak and Jonathan Ananda)
