Factbox-Airlines resume some Middle East flights but disruption continues
Current Status of Middle East Flights by Major Airlines
July 15 (Reuters) - More airlines are restoring flights to parts of the Middle East after the conflict that followed U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, but some carriers have kept suspensions in place.
Below is an update on the status of airlines' flights, in alphabetical order:
AEGEAN AIRLINES
Flight Suspensions
Greece's largest carrier cancelled its flights to Dubai until August 31, and to Erbil and Baghdad until September 30.
AIRBALTIC
Flight Suspensions
Flights to Dubai are cancelled until October 24.
AIR CANADA
Flight Suspensions
The Canadian carrier has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv and Dubai until October 24.
AIR FRANCE-KLM
Air France
Air France has suspended its Beirut flights until August 2.
KLM
KLM suspended flights to Riyadh, Dammam and Dubai until July 15, according to a statement on its website.
CATHAY PACIFIC
Planned Resumptions
The Hong Kong airline plans to resume its flights to Dubai and to Riyadh from September 1.
DELTA
Flight Suspensions and Planned Resumptions
The U.S. carrier has suspended services for the Atlanta-Tel Aviv route through December 18. It plans to resume New York-JFK to Tel Aviv flights on September 6, while the launch of its Boston-Tel Aviv route, planned for late October, has been delayed until further notice.
FINNAIR
Flight Suspensions
The Finnish carrier has cancelled its Doha flights until October 2, while continuing to avoid the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel.
Planned Resumptions
It will restart Dubai flights, which it operates only in the winter season, in October.
IAG
British Airways
IAG-owned British Airways delayed the resumption of its flights to Doha until August 1 and to Riyadh until August 8. Flights to Dubai, Tel Aviv, Bahrain and Amman are paused until the end of the summer season, and are scheduled to resume on October 25.
Service Reductions
The airline plans to reduce services to Dubai, Doha, Riyadh and Tel Aviv to one daily flight when they resume, while dropping Jeddah as a destination.
JAPAN AIRLINES
Flight Suspensions
Japan Airlines has suspended scheduled Tokyo-Doha flights until August 31 and Doha-Tokyo flights until September 1.
LOT
Planned Resumptions
The Polish airline plans to operate its winter route to Dubai from October and to resume operations to Beirut in its Summer 2027 schedule.
LUFTHANSA GROUP
SWISS
SWISS postponed the resumption of flights to Tel Aviv until August, and Brussels Airlines suspended operations until October 24.
Lufthansa and SWISS
Lufthansa and SWISS will continue their suspension of Dubai flights 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
After restarting its Erbil, Beirut and Tel Aviv flights, low-cost carrier Eurowings expects to resume the remaining Middle East destinations in autumn.
ITA Airways
ITA Airways has also extended the suspension of its flights to Riyadh until July 31 and to Dubai until October 24 for operational reasons.
NORWEGIAN AIR
Flight Launch Delays
The low-cost airline has pushed back planned launches of its Tel Aviv and Beirut services indefinitely, and no new start dates have been decided.
SINGAPORE AIRLINES
Flight Suspensions and Route Additions
The carrier extended its Singapore-Dubai flight suspension until October 24, while adding services on the Singapore-London Gatwick and Singapore-Melbourne routes from late March until October 24 to meet higher demand.
TURKISH AIRLINES
SunExpress
SunExpress, Turkish Airlines' joint venture with Lufthansa, plans to resume its Antalya-Dubai route later on July 15.
WIZZ AIR
Flight Suspensions
The low-cost airline has suspended flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman from mainland European destinations until mid-September.
(Compiled by Josephine Mason, Jamie Freed, Elviira Luoma, Tiago Brandao, Agnieszka Olenska, Bernadette Hogg, Boleslaw Lasocki, Alexander Klyve Gudbrandsen and Romolo Tosiani; editing by Matt Scuffham, Louise Heavens, Jan Harvey, Philippa Fletcher)
