Airlines cancel more flights as Middle East conflict escalates

MCurve 24 - world(a) broadcast move around remains severely disrupted, with many people relieve unable to fly as planned to destinations after the Iran war forced the closure of major Middle Eastern hubs, including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi.Below is the latest on flights, in alphabetical order:AEGEAN AIRLINESGreece's largest carrier has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv, Beirut and Amman until April 22, and to Erbil and Baghdad until May 24. Flights to Dubai have been cancelled until April 19 and to Riyadh until April 18.AIRBALTICLatvia's airBaltic said all flights to Tel Aviv had been cancelled until April 29. All flights to Dubai stand cancelled until October 24.AIR CANADAThe Canadian carrier has cancelled all flights to Tel Aviv until May 2 and to Dubai until March 28.AIR EUROPAThe Spanish airline has cancelled all flights to Tel Aviv until April 10.AIR FRANCE KLMAir France has cancelled Tel Aviv and Beirut flights until March 28 and Dubai and Riyadh flights until March 24, as well as a March 25 departure from Dubai.KLM suspended flights to Riyadh, Dammam and Dubai until May 17 and to Tel Aviv until April 11.CATHAY PACIFICThe Hong Kong airline has cancelled all passenger flights to Dubai and Riyadh until May 31. To cater to a surge in demand to Europe, it will operate three additional return flights to Paris and Zurich, and will provide additional seats on 13 existing flights to London in April.DELTAThe U.S. Carrier has cancelled its New York-Tel Aviv flights until May 31 and Tel Aviv-New York flights until June 1. The restart of its Atlanta-Tel Aviv route has been delayed, with flights to Tel Aviv paused until August 4 and from Tel Aviv until August 5.EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINESThe Israeli carrier said operational constraints are preventing regular flights from Israel, except in rare, exceptional cases, and that it is continuing efforts to bring passengers home. The airline has also urged authorities to open Ramon Airport near Eilat.EMIRATESThe UAE airline said it was operating a reduced flight schedule following a partial reopening of regional airspace.ETIHAD AIRWAYSThe UAE carrier said it was operating a limited commercial flight schedule between Abu Dhabi and select destinations.FINNAIRThe Finnish carrier has cancelled its Dubai flights until March 29 and Doha flights until July 2, while continuing to avoid the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel.FLYNASSaudi budget airline Flynas has extended its suspension of flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Doha, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq and Syria until March 31.IAGIAG-owned British Airways has extended cancellations of flights to Amman, Bahrain, Dubai and Tel Aviv until May 31 and to Doha until April 30, while adding flights to Bangkok and Singapore. Flights to Abu Dhabi remain suspended until later this year.INDIGOThe Indian airline has suspended operations to Doha, Kuwait, Bahrain, Dammam, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah until March 28.JAN AIRLINESJapan Airlines has suspended scheduled Tokyo-Doha flights until March 31 and Doha-Tokyo flights until April 1.LOTThe Polish airline said all its flights to Dubai stand cancelled until March 28 and to Tel Aviv until May 31. It has also cancelled flights to Riyadh until April 30 and to Beirut from March 31 to April 30.LUFTHANSA GROUPThe German airline group, which includes Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Swiss, Brussels Airlines and ITA Airways, has suspended flights to Tel Aviv through April 9, and to Beirut, Dubai, Amman, Erbil and Abu Dhabi until March 28. Flights to Tehran are suspended through April 30 and to Riyadh until April 5.MALAYSIA AIRLINESThe Malaysian carrier has suspended all flights to Doha until March 28.NORWEGIAN AIRThe low-cost airline has pushed back planned launches of its Tel Aviv and Beirut services to June 15, from April 1 and April 4, respectively. It has cancelled all Dubai flights through April 8.PEGASUSTurkey's Pegasus Airlines has cancelled its Iran, Iraq, Amman, Beirut, Kuwait, Bahrain, Doha, Dammam, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah flights until April 13. Flights to Riyadh have been cancelled until March 24.QATAR AIRWAYSThe carrier said it would operate a revised limited number of flights until March 28.SINGORE AIRLINESSingapore Airlines said it will extend the suspension of its Singapore-Dubai flights until April 30, and add services between Singapore and London Gatwick from March 31 to October 24, and on the Singapore-Melbourne route from March 29 to October 24 to meet higher demand.TURKISH AIRLINESTurkish Airlines has cancelled most Middle East flights until the end of March. SunExpress, its joint venture with Lufthansa, has cancelled flights to Dubai and Bahrain until March 23.VIETNAM AIRLINESVietnam's flag carrier has planned to cancel 23 flights per week across several domestic routes from April.WIZZ AIRThe low-cost airline has suspended flights to Israel until March 29, and to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Amman and Jeddah from mainland European destinations until mid-September.This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.