Facts - Airlines resume some Middle East flights, but disruptions continue
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June 4 (Reuters) - Airlines are gradually resuming some flights to the Middle East as carriers in the region reorganize their schedules after severe disruptions caused by the Iran war, but the crisis has continued to disrupt the flow of air traffic in the region in general.
Middle Eastern airlines have increased their capacity following severe disruptions related to the war, while many airlines outside the Gulf region are still rerouting their flights between Europe and Asia to avoid the region.
Here are the latest updates regarding flights:
Aegean Airlines
Greece's largest airline has cancelled its flights from Thessaloniki to Tel Aviv until June 26.
The company cancelled flights to Dubai until August 31, and to Erbil and Baghdad until July 2.
Air Baltic
Air Baltic, a Latvian airline, announced the cancellation of all its flights to Tel Aviv until June 28. It also canceled flights to Dubai until October 24.
Air Canada
The Canadian airline has cancelled all its flights to Tel Aviv and Dubai until September 7.
Air Europa
The Spanish airline has cancelled its flights to Tel Aviv until June 28.
* Air France-KLM
Air France has suspended flights to Tel Aviv until June 14. The French airline has also halted flights to Beirut and Dubai until June 17 and to Riyadh until June 2, with tickets for the first flight on June 6 available on its website.
KLM has suspended flights to Riyadh and Dammam until July 12 and to Dubai until August 2.
Cathay Pacific
The Hong Kong-based airline has cancelled all passenger flights to Dubai and Riyadh until August 31.
Delta
American Airlines has extended the cancellation of its Atlanta-Tel Aviv flights until December 18 and plans to resume flights from New York's JFK International Airport to Tel Aviv on September 6. It also announced that flights between Boston and Tel Aviv, scheduled for late October, have been postponed until further notice.
Finn Air
Finnair has cancelled its flights to Doha until October 2nd as it continues to avoid the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Israel. The airline will not resume flights to Dubai until October.
* IAG Group
British Airways, owned by IAG, has postponed the resumption of its flights to Doha until August 1st and to Riyadh until August 8th. Flights to Dubai, Tel Aviv, Bahrain, and Amman have been suspended until the end of the summer season and are scheduled to resume on October 25th.
The company also plans to reduce its flights to Dubai, Doha and Tel Aviv to one flight per day when it resumes, while removing Jeddah from the list of destinations.
Japan Airlines
Japan Airlines has suspended its scheduled flights between Tokyo and Doha until July 31, and its flights between Doha and Tokyo until August 1.
* Lot
The Polish airline LOT has cancelled its flights to Riyadh until June 30 and to Beirut until June 27. LOT plans to resume its winter route to Dubai starting in October.
* Lufthansa Group
Lufthansa plans to resume flights to Tel Aviv starting July 1st, while ETA Airways has confirmed it will also resume flights on July 1st. Swiss International Air Lines has postponed its resumption of flights until August, and Brussels Airlines has suspended operations until October 24th.
Lufthansa, Swiss International Air Lines and ETA Airways will continue to suspend their flights to Dubai until September 13.
Lufthansa, Swiss International Air Lines, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines have suspended flights to Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Dammam, Riyadh, Erbil, Muscat and Tehran until October 24.
The budget airline Eurowings has suspended its 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.
ETA Airways has extended the suspension of its flights to Riyadh until June 30.
Malaysia Airlines
Malaysia Airlines will resume limited services to Doha starting July 2nd.
Norwegian Air
The budget airline has postponed the resumption of its flights to Tel Aviv and Beirut to June 15.
Qantas
The Australian airline will add flights to Rome and Paris to meet growing demand for European travel. Flights to Paris will increase from three to five per week, and flights from Perth to Singapore will increase from one daily to 10 per week. The updated schedule will be implemented gradually from mid-April to late July.
Royal Air Maroc
The company announced the cancellation of its flights to Doha until June 30.
Singapore Airlines
The company has extended the suspension of its flights between Singapore and Dubai until August 2, while adding new flights on the Singapore-London Gatwick and Singapore-Melbourne routes from late March until October 24 to meet increasing demand.
Turkish Airlines
SunExpress, a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, has cancelled its flights to Dubai, Bahrain, Beirut and Erbil until June 30.
* Wizz Air
The budget airline has suspended flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman from destinations in mainland Europe until mid-September.
