Global airlines face disruption of flights for Iran’s attack on Israel

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Global airlines faced disruptions to flights on Monday after Iran‘s missile and drone attacks on Israel further narrowed options for planes navigating between Europe and Asia.

While Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon reopened their airspaces on Sunday, some global routes continue to be affected.

Below airlines have provided an update:

Cancelled/Rerouted flights

Europe

• KLM cancelled all flights to and from Tel Aviv until Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Dutch arm of Air France KLM (AIRF.PA), opens new tab said on Monday. Finnair (FIA1S.HE), opens new tabsuspended, opens new tab operations in Iranian airspace until further notice, which may cause longer flight times on flights from Doha. A spokesperson said the Finnish carrier will reroute over Egypt, resulting in delays of a “few minutes”.
• A SAS (SAS.ST), opens new tab spokesperson said flights between Copenhagen and Bangkok fly partially over the region, and one flight had to reroute on the night between Saturday and Sunday.
• IAG-owned (ICAG.L), opens new tab Iberia Express said on X social media it would cancel flights to Tel Aviv on Sunday and Monday.
• Britain’s easyJet (EZJ.L), opens new tab on Sunday paused, opens new tab operations to and from Tel Aviv. The carrier said in an emailed statement to Reuters it will temporarily pause operations to and from Tel Aviv until 21 April.
• Wizz Air (WIZZ.L), opens new tab said it had cancelled, opens new tab most of its flights to and from Tel Aviv on Saturday through Monday.

North America

• United Airlines (UAL.O), opens new tab canceled Monday’s flight to Tel Aviv and also canceled its flight from Washington Dulles Airport to Amman, Jordan for Tuesday. United has resumed its regularly scheduled flights between Newark Liberty Airport in the United States and Dubai.
• Air Canada (AC.TO), opens new tabwarned, opens new tab of long delays and cancellations on its Israel flights, and cancelled flights to Tel Aviv on Monday, opens new tab and Tuesday.

Australia

• Australia’s Qantas Airways (QAN.AX), opens new tab said on Saturday it had temporarily rerouted flights between Perth and London.
  Asia
• China Southern Airlines (600029.SS), opens new tab cancelled Sunday’s flight to Iran, and Hainan Airlines (600221.SS), opens new tab said it is monitoring the situation and evaluating whether an upcoming flight to Israel can fly normally, Chinese business outlet Yicai reported.
• Air India has cancelled its flights to and from Tel Aviv till April 20. The airline ran five weekly flights to the Israeli city, according to flight tracking platform Flightradar 24.
• Indian carrier IndiGo has rerouted its daily flights to Istanbul from Delhi and Mumbai, according to Flightradar 24. The company, however, did not issue a formal statement on the change. Both flights, which earlier flew over Iran, now fly through Central Asia, according to Flightradar 24.
• Indian carrier Vistara, co-owned by Tata and Singapore Airlines (SIAL.SI), opens new tab, said it is “making changes to flight-paths” of some of its flights, without providing further details.
  The Middle East
• Israel’s El Al Airlines cancelled 15 flights scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.
• Smaller Israeli carrier Arkia said it was making adjustments to its flight schedule after initially postponing flights to Athens, Milan and Geneva.
• Some Fly Dubai flights were affected by the closure of airspaces, according to a statement from the Emirati airline on state news agency WAM.

Resumed

• Germany’s Lufthansa (LHAG.DE), opens new tab will resume its flights serving Tel Aviv, Amman and Erbil on Tuesday. Flights to Tehran and Beirut will remain canceled up to Thursday.
• Etihad Airways cancelled services to Tel Aviv, Israel and Amman, Jordan on Sunday, but said it planned to operate scheduled passenger and cargo services between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv, Amman and Beirut from Monday. It warned “there may still be a risk of some knock-on disruption” through Monday.
• Emirates Airlines resumed scheduled operations to and from Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq from Sunday afternoon, a spokesperson said.
• Qatar Airways also resumed services to Amman, Beirut and Baghdad, it said, opens new tab in a post on X on Sunday.

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