Factbox: Airlines suspend flights due to Middle East tensions

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15/04/2024 18:30

(Updates with United Airlines and Lufthansa status)
       April 15 (Reuters) - Global airlines faced disruptions
to flights on Monday after Iran's missile and drone attacks on
Israel further narrowed options for planes navigating between
Europe and Asia.
    While Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon reopened their
airspaces on Sunday, some routes continue to be affected.
    
    Below airlines have provided an update:
    
    CANCELLED/REROUTED
    
    Europe    
    
    * KLM cancelled all flights to and from Tel Aviv until
Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Dutch arm of Air France KLM
 AIRF.PA  said on Monday.
    * Finnair  FIA1S.HE  suspended operations in Iranian
airspace until further notice, which may cause longer flight
times on flights from Doha. A spokesperson said the Finnish
carrier will reroute over Egypt, resulting in delays of a "few
minutes".
    * A SAS  SAS.ST  spokesperson said flights between
Copenhagen and Bangkok fly partially over the region, and one
flight had to reroute on the night between Saturday and Sunday.
    * IAG-owned  ICAG.L  Iberia Express said on X social media
it would cancel flights to Tel Aviv on Sunday and Monday.
    * Britain's easyJet  EZJ.L  on Sunday paused operations to
and from Tel Aviv. The carrier said in an emailed statement to
Reuters it will temporarily pause operations to and from Tel
Aviv until 21 April.
    * Wizz Air  WIZZ.L  said it had cancelled most of its
flights to and from Tel Aviv on Saturday through Monday.
    

   North America
     * United Airlines  UAL.O  canceled Monday's flight to Tel
Aviv and also canceled its flight from Washington Dulles Airport
to Amman, Jordan for Tuesday. United has resumed its regularly
scheduled flights between Newark Liberty Airport in the United
States and Dubai.
    * Air Canada  AC.TO  warned of long delays and cancellations
on its Israel flights, and cancelled flights to Tel Aviv on
Monday and Tuesday.
    
    Australia
    * Australia's Qantas Airways  QAN.AX  said on Saturday it
had temporarily rerouted flights between Perth and London.
    
    Asia
    * China Southern Airlines  600029.SS  cancelled Sunday's
flight to Iran, and Hainan Airlines  600221.SS  said it is
monitoring the situation and evaluating whether an upcoming
flight to Israel can fly normally, Chinese business outlet Yicai
reported.
     * Air India has cancelled its flights to and from Tel Aviv
till April 20. The airline ran five weekly flights to the
Israeli city, according to flight tracking platform Flightradar
24.
    * Indian carrier IndiGo has rerouted its daily flights to
Istanbul from Delhi and Mumbai, according to Flightradar 24. The
company, however, did not issue a formal statement on the
change. Both flights, which earlier flew over Iran, now fly
through Central Asia, according to Flightradar 24.
    * Indian carrier Vistara, co-owned by Tata and Singapore
Airlines  SIAL.SI , said it is "making changes to flight-paths"
of some of its flights, without providing further details.
        
  
        The Middle East
  
    * Israel's El Al Airlines cancelled 15 flights scheduled for
Saturday and Sunday.
    * Smaller Israeli carrier Arkia said it was making
adjustments to its flight schedule after initially postponing
flights to Athens, Milan and Geneva.
    * Some Fly Dubai flights were affected by the closure of
airspaces, according to a statement from the Emirati airline on
state news agency WAM.
    
        RESUMED
    * Germany's Lufthansa  LHAG.DE  will resume its flights
serving Tel Aviv, Amman and Erbil on Tuesday. Flights to Tehran
and Beirut will remain canceled up to Thursday.
    * Etihad Airways cancelled services to Tel Aviv, Israel and
Amman, Jordan on Sunday, but said it planned to operate
scheduled passenger and cargo services between Abu Dhabi and Tel
Aviv, Amman and Beirut from Monday. It warned "there may still
be a risk of some knock-on disruption" through Monday.
    * Emirates Airlines resumed scheduled operations to and from
Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq from Sunday afternoon, a spokesperson
said.
    * Qatar Airways also resumed services to Amman, Beirut and
Baghdad, it said in a post on X on Sunday.

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Iran attack on Israel adds to airline troubles in Middle East   
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-attack-israel-adds-airline-troubles-middle-east-2024-04-15/
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WRAPUP 13-US will not take part in any Israeli retaliatory
action against Iran    https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israels-netanyahu-vows-victory-after-iran-strikes-fears-wider-conflict-grow-2024-04-14/
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 (Compiled by Alessandro Parodi, Joao Manuel Mauricio and
Tristan Veyet in Gdansk and Nandan Mandayam in Bengaluru;
additional reporting by Greta Rosen Fondahn and Kate Holton;
Edited by Milla Nissi, Shounak Dasgupta, David Evans and Maju
Samuel)
 ((Alessandro.Parodi@thomsonreuters.com;
JoaoManuel.VicenteMauricio@thomosnreuters.com;
Tristan.Veyet@thomsonreuters.com))