Global air travel remained in turmoil on Monday as the war in Iran forced the closure of key Middle Eastern hubs including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi for a third day, stranding tens of thousands of passengers worldwide and disrupting thousands of flights.
Global airlines had cancelled flights across the Middle East after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran on Saturday, plunging the region into a new conflict.
Below is the latest on flights listed by airline in alphabetical order:
AEGEAN AIRLINES
Greece's largest carrier suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv in Israel, Beirut in Lebanon and Erbil in Iraq throughMarch 3.
AIR BALTIC
Latvia's airBaltic said that all flights to and from Tel Aviv until March 9 had been cancelled. All flights to and from Dubai have been cancelled until March 4 (inclusive), including a flight from Dubai to Vilnius on March 5.
AIR EUROPA
The Spanish airline cancelled all its flights to Tel Aviv until March 3 and added that flights from March 4 to 8 may be affected, depending on how the situation develops.
AIR FRANCE KLM
Air France cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv, Beirut, Dubai and Riyadh through March 3.
KLM said its flights to and from Dubai, Riyadh and Dammam may be disrupted through March 6 and flights to and from Tel Aviv were suspended.
AIR INDIA
The airline suspended all flights to and from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Qatar through March 2. It also cancelled some flights to and from Europe on March 2.
BRITISH AIRWAYS
IAG-owned British Airways said customers flying between London and Abu Dhabi, Amman, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai or Tel Aviv through March 15 can change their flight date free of charge to travel on or before March 29. Those travelling up to March 8 may also request a full refund.
CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS
The Hong Kong airline said it had cancelled all of its flights to and from Dubai until March 5 and suspended its flights to Riyadh through March 3.
DELTA
The U.S. carrier said it canceled flights from New York-JFK to Tel Aviv (TLV) through March 8 and from TLV to JFK through March 9.
EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES
EL AL and Sundor flights to and from Israel were cancelled until 2:00 AM of March 4
EMIRATES
Emirates said it had suspended all flights to and from Dubai until 1100 GMT on March 2.
ETIHAD AIRWAYS
The carrier said it had suspended all flights to and from its Abu Dhabi hub until 1000 GMT on March 2.
FINNAIR
The Finnish carrier said on Saturday it halted Doha and Dubai flights until March 6, and is temporarily avoiding the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Israel.
FLYDUBAI
The UAE airline said it has temporarily suspended all flights to and from Dubai until 15:00 (UAE time) of March 3.
INDIGO
IndiGo, India's biggest airline, said it had suspended all flights that used Middle Eastern airspace until at least March 2.
ITA AIRWAYS
ITA Airways has suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv and would not use the airspace of Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Iran until March 8 and extended its Dubai halt to March 4. Flights to and from Riyadh were also halted March 2-4.
JAPAN AIRLINES
Japan Airlines suspended its Tokyo-Doha flights, which it said affected about 1,000 passengers across six flights scheduled from February 28 to March 3.
LOT POLISH AIRLINES
LOT Polish Airlines said all of its flights to and from Tel Aviv were cancelled through March 15.
LUFTHANSA
The German airline suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv, Beirut, Amman, Dammam, Erbil and Tehran until March 8 and flights to and from Dubai until March 4.
MALAYSIA AIRLINES
The Malaysian carrier suspended all flights to and from Doha, Jeddah, and Madinah until March 4.
NORWEGIAN AIR
The Nordic airline suspended all flights to and from Dubai until March 4, a company spokesperson said. The carrier did not suspend flights to Tel Aviv in Israel or Beirut in Lebanon as these destinations are only active in summer, he added.
PEGASUS
The Turkish airline said that it had cancelled its flights to Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon until March 6 and its flights to Iran until March 12. All flights to Egypt from Pegasus were cancelled until March 2, except those from Cairo Airport.
SINGAPORE AIRLINES
The Singaporean carrier said it had cancelled flights to and from Dubai through March 7. Its low-cost airline Scoot cancelled flights to and from Jeddah through March 7.
QATAR AIRWAYS
The airline said it temporarily suspended flights to and from Doha due to the closure of Qatari airspace.
TURKISH AIRLINES
The airline cancelled someflights to and from Bahrain, Dammam, Riyadh, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Syria and United Arab Emirates.
WIZZ AIR
The airline halted flights to and from Israel, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman until March 7. (Compiled by Josephine Mason, Jamie Freed, Elviira Luoma, Tiago Brandao and Romolo Tosiani; Reporting by Reuters bureaus; Editing by Barbara Lewis, Louise Heavens, Christian Schmollinger and Matt Scuffham)
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