Global airlines cancelled flights across the Middle East on Saturday after the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, plunging the region into a new conflict.
Airspace over Iran and Iraq was empty on Saturday morning, maps by flight-tracking service Flightradar24 showed.
Here is the latest on flights listed by airline in alphabetical order:
AIR FRANCE KLM
Air France cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv in Israel and Beirut in Lebanon for Saturday.
KLM brought forward the suspension of its Amsterdam–Tel Aviv service, cancelling the flight scheduled for Saturday. The Dutch arm of Air France‑KLM had announced on Wednesday that flights would be halted from Sunday but has now advanced that date.
Only one flight to Tel Aviv had been scheduled for Saturday.
IBERIA EXPRESS
The Spanish airline owned by Iberia Group cancelled a flight to Tel Aviv scheduled for Saturday at 5pm local time.
INDIGO
The airline said it was monitoring regional updates.
JAPAN AIRLINES
Japan Airlines cancelled a flight on Saturday from Tokyo Haneda to Doha as well as a return flight on March 1, Nikkei said.
LOT POLISH AIRLINES
LOT Polish Airlines returned its flight LO121 from Warsaw to Dubai to Warsaw.
LUFTHANSA
The German airline suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv, Beirut, and Oman until March 7 and flights to and from Dubai on Saturday and Sunday.
They also said they would not fly through Israeli, Lebanese, Jordanian, Iraqi, and Iranian airspace until March 7.
NORWEGIAN AIR
The Nordic airline suspended all flights to and from Dubai on Saturday, a company spokesperson said. The carrier did not suspend flights to Tel Aviv or Beirut, as these destinations are only active in summer, he added.
SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES
The airline told Reuters it had suspended its flight to Tel Aviv from Copenhagen on Saturday. No decision had been made regarding flights on later dates.
TURKISH AIRLINES
The airline cancelled flights to Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, the UAE, and Oman on Saturday and flights to Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Jordan until March 2.
VIRGIN ATLANTIC
Virgin Atlantic said it will temporarily avoid Iraqi airspace, resulting in some pre-planned rerouting of its flights, and cancelled its VS400 service from London Heathrow to Dubai on Saturday.
QATAR AIRWAYS
The airline said it has temporarily suspended flights to and from Doha due to the closure of Qatari airspace.
WIZZ AIR
The airline halted flights to and from Israel, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Amman with immediate effect until March 7.
It added that operational decisions would continue to be reviewed, and the flight schedule could be adjusted as the situation evolves.
Reuters
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