(Reuters) – The world’s airlines faced flight disruptions on Monday after Iranian missile and drone attacks on Israel further tightened capacity for planes flying between Europe and Asia.
Although Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon reopened their airspace on Sunday, some routes remain under attack.
Airlines have provided updated information below:
CANCELED/REDIRECTED
* German airline Lufthansa has suspended scheduled flights to and from Tel Aviv, Erbil and Amman until Monday inclusive. Flights to Beirut and Tehran will be suspended until at least Thursday.
* KLM has canceled all flights to and from Tel Aviv until Tuesday, a spokesman for the Dutch unit of Air France KLM (OTC:) said on Monday.
* British airline easyJet (LON:) suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv on Sunday. In an emailed statement to Reuters, the carrier said it would temporarily suspend flights to and from Tel Aviv until April 21.
* Wizz Air said it had canceled most of its flights to and from Tel Aviv from Saturday to Monday.
* Finnair has suspended flights in Iranian airspace until further notice, which may result in longer flight times on flights from Doha. The spokesman said the Finnish carrier would change the route via Egypt, causing delays of “several minutes”.
* A SAS spokesman said flights between Copenhagen and Bangkok were partially overflying the region and one flight had to be diverted overnight between Saturday and Sunday.
* IAG-owned Iberia Express said on social media X that it would cancel flights to Tel Aviv on Sunday and Monday.
* United Airlines canceled a flight scheduled for Sunday from Newark to Tel Aviv, it said in an emailed statement to Reuters.
* Air Canada warned of long delays and cancellations of its flights to Israel and also canceled flights to Tel Aviv on Monday and Tuesday.
* Australian airline Qantas Airways said on Saturday it had temporarily re-routed flights between Perth and London.
* China Southern Airlines canceled a Sunday flight to Iran and Hainan Airlines said it was monitoring the situation and assessing whether an upcoming flight to Israel could operate normally, Chinese business agency Yicai reported.
*Air India has canceled flights to and from Tel Aviv until April 20. The airline operated five weekly flights to the Israeli city, according to flight tracking platform Flightradar 24.
* Israeli airline El Al canceled 15 flights scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.
* Smaller Israeli carrier Arkia said it was making adjustments to its flight schedule after initially delaying flights to Athens, Milan and Geneva.
* Some Fly Dubai flights have been affected by the airspace closure, according to a statement from the Emirates airline to state news agency WAM.
* Indian carrier IndiGo has changed the route of its daily flights to Istanbul from Delhi and Mumbai, reports Flightradar 24. However, the company has not made an official statement about the change. Both flights that previously flew over Iran are now flying through Central Asia, Flightradar 24 reports.
* Indian airline Vistara, co-owned by Tata and Singapore Airlines (OTC:), said it was “making flight route changes” for some of its flights, without providing further details.
RESUMED
* Etihad Airways on Sunday canceled flights to Tel Aviv, Israel, and Amman, Jordan, but said it plans to operate scheduled passenger and cargo services between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv, Amman and Beirut from Monday. He warned there “could still be a risk of some disruption” before Monday.
* Emirates Airlines resumed scheduled flights to and from Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq from Sunday afternoon, a spokesman said.
* Qatar Airways has also resumed flights to Amman, Beirut and Baghdad, X said in a statement on Sunday.