Israel attacks Iran: All flights cancelled, delayed, or rerouted – A complete list
Airlines have cancelled, delayed, and divert services as Middle East airspaces close
Dubai: Once again, the skies over the Middle East are witnessing widespread disruption, with numerous airlines cancelling, delaying, or rerouting flights following Israel's recent attack on Iran.
The immediate closure of Iranian and Iraqi airspace and significant restrictions in Israeli and Jordanian airspace have triggered a cascade of global operational changes for carriers.
The large-scale attacks on Friday, June 13, follow the October 2024 attacks where Israel struck military sites in Iran.
While not as extensive as the current situation, there were temporary closures or advisories for specific airspaces, particularly over Iran and potentially surrounding areas, as a precautionary measure last year. This led to the rerouting of flights, especially those transiting between Europe and Asia that typically use Iranian airspace.
These attacks have come at the least opportune moment as Middle Eastern carriers and other global airlines were busy preparing for the upcoming summer rush.
Airspace closures
Iranian authorities have confirmed the shutdown of the country's airspace until further notice. Similarly, Iraq closed its airspace and suspended all airport traffic early on Friday. This has particularly impacted one of the world's busiest air corridors, located in eastern Iraq near the Iranian border, which sees dozens of flights between Europe and the Gulf and Asia to Europe.
Here is a complete list of impacted airlines:
UAE
Emirates, the largest airline in the Middle East, has cancelled multiple flights to and from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iran. Several flights for Friday, June 13, and at least one Tehran flight on Saturday, June 14, were impacted.
Etihad Airways is also experiencing significant disruptions, with several services affected by airspace closures. Flights between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv for June 13 were cancelled, and those for June 14 are subject to delay. Flights from Amman to Abu Dhabi have also been delayed
flydubai, the budget carrier, has suspended flights to Amman, Beirut, Damascus, Iran, and Israel. Many other flights have been cancelled, rerouted, or even returned to their departure airports.
Air Arabia
Suspended operations to various destinations, including Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.
GCC and wider ME
Qatar Airways, another major Gulf carrier, has "temporarily cancelled flights to Iran and Iraq" due to the escalating situation
Turkish Airlines diverted some flights to Baku, Azerbaijan
Israel
El Al Airlines, Israel's flag carrier, has suspended flights to and from Israel and is proactively moving some of its aircraft out of the country.
Israir, an Israeli budget airline, is also evacuating its planes from Tel Aviv airport, which is expected to remain closed through the weekend.
Europe
Lufthansa, Germany's largest airline, has suspended all flights to and from Tehran and announced it will avoid "Iranian, Iraqi, and Israeli airspace for now."
Air France has suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv "until further notice" following the closure of Israeli airspace
KLM, a Dutch airline, has cancelled all flights to Tel Aviv until at least July 1
SWISS, owned by Lufthansa, has suspended its Tel Aviv flights until October 25 and Beirut flights until the end of July
Pegasus Airlines, a Turkish carrier, has cancelled flights to Iran until June 19 and to Iraq and Jordan until June 16, with Lebanon flights operating only during daylight hours
LOT Polish Airlines will avoid Iranian airspace for its flights to Asia
Wizz Air, a Hungarian budget airline, has suspended flights to Tel Aviv and rerouted others affected by regional airspace closures for the next 72 hours
Aegean Airlines has cancelled all flights to and from Tel Aviv, which were scheduled for Friday, June 13.
India
Air India, whose Europe and North American flights typically overfly Iran, reported several diversions or returns to origin for flights from New York, Vancouver, Chicago, and London.
Russian
Aeroflot, Russia's flagship airline, cancelled flights between Moscow and Tehran and rerouted flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, and the Maldives through Pakistani airspace
US airlines
United Airlines has rerouted several international flights to avoid flying over the Middle East and has cancelled five flights to Ben Gurion Airport.
Delta has cancelled two flights to Tel Aviv
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