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As the Middle East conflict escalates, airlines cancel more flights

The global air travel industry is still severely affected by the Iran 'war,' with many people unable to reach their destinations as planned after major Middle Eastern hubs such as Dubai, Doha, and Abu Dhabi were closed.

Here are the latest flight information in alphabetical order.

AEGEAN AIRLINES

The largest airline in Greece has cancelled flights from Tel Aviv to Beirut and Tel Aviv to Amman. Flights to Riyadh, Amman and Riyadh were also cancelled until June 27, and flights to Tel Aviv to Amman until 26 June. The airline has cancelled flights to Erbil, Baghdad and Dubai until June 29, and Erbil and Baghdad up until July 2.

AIRBALTIC

AirBaltic, a Latvian airline, has announced that flights to Tel Aviv are cancelled until May 31. Dubai flights are cancelled through October 24.

AIR CANADA

The Canadian carrier has canceled flights to Tel Aviv, Dubai and Abu Dhabi until September 7.

AIR EUROPA

Spanish Airlines has cancelled all flights to Tel Aviv till May 3.

AIR FRANCE-KLM

Air France has suspended Tel Aviv flights to Beirut, Dubai, and Riyadh until April 19.

KLM has suspended its flights to Tel Aviv and Riyadh until May 17.

CATHAY PACIFIC

Hong Kong Airlines has cancelled all flights to Dubai and Riyadh up until May 31. In April, the airline will increase its passenger flights from London to Paris to Zurich to meet the increased demand for travel to Europe.

The U.S. carrier cancelled all New York-Tel Aviv flight and has delayed the start of its Atlanta-Tel Aviv routes until September 5. The launch of the Boston-Tel Aviv flight, originally scheduled for late October, was delayed.

EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES

Customers who had planned to leave Israel by April 18, 2018, have been informed that their flights, including the return flight, will be cancelled. The airline operates a limited number flights to key destinations.

EMIRATES

After a partial opening of the regional airspace, Emirates Airlines has announced a reduced schedule.

ETIHAD AERWAYS

The UAE carrier has announced that it operates a commercial flight schedule from Abu Dhabi to around 80 destinations.

FINNAIR

The airline has cancelled all flights to Doha until July 2 and continues to avoid the airspaces of Iraq, Iran Syria, and Israel. Dubai flights will only be resumed in October.

FLYNAS

Saudi budget airline suspends flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi Sharjah Doha, Bahrain Kuwait Iraq and Syria.

British Airways, owned by IAG, has extended the cancellation of flights to Amman and Bahrain until May 31 and Doha until April 30. They have also added flights to Bangkok, Singapore, and Maldives. In May, a third daily flight will operate between London and Mumbai. Flights to Abu Dhabi are suspended until the end of this year.

Iberia Express is IAG's low cost airline. All flights between Tel Aviv and Tel Aviv have been cancelled until May 31.

JAPAN AIRLINES

Japan Airlines suspends scheduled Doha-Tokyo and Tokyo-Doha flight schedules until May 10. Japan Airlines has also announced that it will be adding extra flights between Tokyo, London and Doha until May 11.

KUWAIT AIRWAYS

Starting April 5, the airline will resume its flights from Dammam to India.

The Polish airline has suspended flights to Tel Aviv till May 31. The airline also cancelled flights from March 31 until May 30 to Beirut and Riyadh. The airline will operate its winter route from Dubai to October.

LUFTHANSA GROUP

Lufthansa and Swiss Airlines suspended flights from Dubai and Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi until May 31. They also suspended flights to Amman, Beirut Dammam, Riyadh Erbil Muscat and Tehran to October 24. Lufthansa Cargo will remain the same except for Tel Aviv, which is suspended until April 30.

Eurowings, the low-cost carrier, plans to suspend its flights to Tel Aviv and Erbil until April 30, and to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Amman until October 24.

MALAYSIA AIRLINE

Malaysian Airlines has suspended all flights to Doha through June 14.

NORWEGIAN AIR

Low-cost airline 'has delayed planned launches of Tel aviv and Beirut service to June 15 The airline cancelled Dubai flights until April 8 for the rest of the winter.

PEGASUS

Pegasus Airlines, Turkey's national airline, has cancelled all flights to Iran, Iraq, Amman Beirut, Kuwait Bahrain Doha Dammam Riyadh Dubai Abu Dhabi Sharjah and Abu Dhabi until May 1.

ROYAL MAROC

Moroccan airline?says that flights to Doha and Dubai have been cancelled until June 30, while flights to Doha will be cancelled until May 31,

QANTAS

Australia's national carrier has added flights to Rome, Paris and London to respond to a surge in demand on European routes. The number of flights to Paris will be increased from three to five weekly return flights, and the Perth to Singapore service will go from daily to ten flights per week. A new schedule will be implemented gradually for flights starting in mid-April. It will run until late July.

QATAR AIRWAYS

The airline said that it will gradually increase flights to Doha from 120 destinations by mid-May.

SINGAPORE Airlines

In response to increased demand, the carrier has extended the suspension of Singapore-Dubai flights until May 31. It also added services on Singapore-London Gatwick (late March) and Singapore-Melbourne (late March-October 24).

TURKISH AIRLINES

SunExpress, a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa that operates flights to Dubai, has cancelled all flights until 30 April.

WIZZ AIR

Low-cost airlines have suspended flights from Europe to Israel, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Amman until the middle of September. All flights to Medina are suspended permanently. (Compiled by Josephine Mason and Jamie Freed. Elviira Louma, Tiago Branao, Agnieszka Olesnska, Bernadette HOG, Boleslaw LaSocki, Romolo Tosiani, and Bernadette Hogg. Sumana Nady, Joe Bavier, and Mark Potter edited the book.

(source: Reuters)