Facts - Airlines cancel flights as conflict continues in the Middle East
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May 14 (Reuters) - Middle Eastern airlines have increased their flights after severe disruptions caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran, while airlines outside the Gulf continue to divert flights between Europe and Asia away from major airports in the region.
Here are the latest updates regarding flights:
Aegean Airlines
Greece's largest airline will resume flights to Tel Aviv from Heraklion, Rhodes, and Larnaca on May 21. Flights from Thessaloniki to Tel Aviv have been cancelled until June 26.
The airline resumed flights to Beirut on May 12 and will resume flights to Riyadh and Amman on May 21. Flights to Dubai have been cancelled until June 29, and to Erbil and Baghdad until July 2.
Aeroflot
The Russian airline said it plans to resume flights to the UAE starting June 1.
Air Baltic
Air Baltic, a Latvian airline, announced the cancellation of all its flights to Tel Aviv until June 28. It also canceled all 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 all its flights to Tel Aviv until May 31.
* Air France-KLM
Air France has suspended flights to Tel Aviv, Beirut and Dubai until May 27 and to Riyadh until May 19.
KLM has suspended flights to Riyadh and Dammam until June 14 and to Dubai until June 28.
Cathay Pacific
The Hong Kong-based airline has cancelled all passenger flights to Dubai and Riyadh until June 30 and cargo services to Dubai and Riyadh until May 31. It plans to operate all scheduled flights after June.
Delta
American Airlines has extended the cancellation of its Atlanta-Tel Aviv flights until November 30 and plans to resume its New York-Tel Aviv service on September 6. It also announced that flights between Boston and Tel Aviv, scheduled for late October, have been postponed until further notice.
El Al Airlines
The Israeli airline said it has cancelled all flights to Dubai until May 31.
Finn Air
Finnair has cancelled its flights to Doha until July 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, will reduce its flights to the Middle East when services resume, permanently canceling the Jeddah route and increasing the number of flights to India and Africa.
The company plans to reduce its flights to Dubai, Doha and Tel Aviv to one flight per day starting from July 1, and to reduce the number of flights to Riyadh from two flights per day to one flight starting from mid-May.
These changes will be in effect throughout the summer season, which ends on October 24, with one flight to Dubai resuming on the 16th of the same month.
Iberia Express, the budget airline owned by the IAG group, has cancelled its flights to and from Tel Aviv until May 31.
Japan Airlines
Japan Airlines has suspended its scheduled flights between Tokyo and Doha until June 30 , and its flights between Doha and Tokyo until June 1.
* Lot
The Polish airline has suspended its flights to Tel Aviv until June 12. It has also cancelled flights to Riyadh until June 30 and to Beirut from March 31 to June 27. The airline plans to resume its winter route to Dubai in October.
* Lufthansa Group
Austrian Airlines plans to resume flights to Tel Aviv starting June 1, while Swiss International Air Lines, ETA Airways, and Lufthansa are currently planning to resume flights in July. Brussels Airlines has already suspended its flights until October 24.
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 Tel Aviv, Riyadh and Dubai until June 30 .
Malaysia Airlines
Malaysia Airlines will resume limited services to Doha starting June 2nd.
Norwegian Air
The budget airline has postponed the launch of its flights to Tel Aviv and Beirut to June 15.
Pegasus
Turkish Airlines has cancelled its flights to Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Dammam, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah until June 1st.
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 rolled out gradually from mid-April to late July.
Qatar Airways
The airline said it has resumed flights to Abu Dhabi. It also says it is expanding its international network to include more than 150 destinations starting June 16.
Royal Air Maroc
The company announced the cancellation of its flights to Doha until June 30 and to Dubai until May 31.
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 plans to resume flights to Tel Aviv on May 28, while flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Amman from European destinations will remain suspended until mid-September. All flights to Medina have been suspended indefinitely.
