Airspace over Iran and Iraq Saturday morning Photo: Flight Radar / X.com
The Middle East is the base of several connecting nodes between Europe and Asia, some of which are also intensively used by Romanian passengers: Dubai, Doha or Abu Dhabi. In the area, Israel, Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar announced that they had closed their civil airspace. What have the companies announced?
Global airlines canceled flights from the Middle East on Saturday after the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran, Reuters reports.
The airspace over Iran and Iraq was empty on Saturday morning, according to maps by flight-tracking service Flightradar24.
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Below you will find the latest flight information, listed alphabetically by airline:
Air France and KLM
Air France canceled flights to and from Tel Aviv in Israel and Beirut in Lebanon for Saturday.
KLM announced the suspension of the Amsterdam-Tel Aviv route, canceling the flight scheduled for Saturday.
The Dutch subsidiary of Air France‑KLM announced on Wednesday that flights would be suspended from Sunday, but brought this date forward after this morning's attack.
Only one flight to Tel Aviv was scheduled for Saturday.
British Airways
British Airways announced on Saturday that it had canceled flights to Tel Aviv and Bahrain until March 3 due to the situation in the Middle East following the US and Israeli attacks on Iran.
Indigo
The airline said it was monitoring regional updates.
Japan Airlines
Japan Airlines canceled a flight from Tokyo Haneda to Doha on Saturday, as well as a return flight on March 1, the Nikkei said.
Lufthansa
The company suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv in Israel, Beirut in Lebanon and Oman until March 7 and flights to and from Dubai on Saturday and Sunday.
They also added that they will not fly through Israeli, Lebanese, Jordanian, Iraqi and Iranian airspace until March 7.
Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Atlantic has announced that it will temporarily avoid Iraqi airspace, leading to an early rerouting of its flights, and has canceled the VS400 service from London Heathrow to Dubai on Saturday.
Wizz Air
The airline has suspended flights to and from Israel, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman with immediate effect until March 7. At the same time, Wizz Air added that operational decisions will continue to be reviewed, and the flight schedule could be adjusted as the situation evolves.
