Due to recent attacks by Israel and the USA on Iran, as well as Tehran's retaliatory actions against American military facilities in the Persian Gulf, many airlines have decided to temporarily suspend their flights in this region. This was reported by the Kazinform agency, citing information from the BBC.
Lufthansa has suspended flights to Tel Aviv, Beirut, and Oman until March 7, and has temporarily excluded the airspace of Israel, Jordan, Iraq, and Iran from its routes.
Air France and KLM have canceled flights to Tel Aviv and Beirut, with KLM also canceling flights to Tel Aviv. The alliance previously announced the cessation of flights to Israel starting March 1, but in light of recent events, it also canceled flights for Saturday.
British Airways has also suspended its flights to Tel Aviv and Bahrain until March 3.
WizzAir has suspended flights to Israel, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Amman until March 7.
Turkish Airlines has temporarily canceled flights to Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Jordan until March 2, and has also canceled Saturday flights to Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, the UAE, and Oman.
Qatar Airways has suspended all flights from Doha due to the closure of the airspace of that country.
Virgin Atlantic canceled a flight from London to Dubai for Saturday.
Japan Airlines has also suspended a flight to Doha for Saturday.
Swiss Air has ceased its flights to Tel Aviv until March 7, and to Dubai for this weekend.
Iberia Express canceled a flight to Tel Aviv for Saturday.
Air India has suspended all flights to the Middle East, including destinations in Tel Aviv, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.
Earlier, Kazakhstan imposed a complete ban on flights over the airspace of Iran, Israel, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon due to the worsening situation in the Middle East.
