US EditionFactbox-Airlines Reroute, Cancel Flights as Tensions Ramp up over Iran
- Jan 24 – Airlines have been rerouting and cancelling flights across the Middle East as tensions rise, with Air France and KLM pausing routes and KLM avoiding Iran, Iraq and Israel airspace.
- The European Union Aviation Safety Agency advised airlines on January 16 to avoid Iran’s airspace amid Tehran’s crackdown and U.S. threats, while the U.S. confirmed a naval deployment including Abraham Lincoln and a submarine with 150 Tomahawk missiles.
- Some carriers said they would bypass Iranian and Iraqi airspace and limit operations to daytime between Jan 14 and Jan 19, with stops in Larnaca or Thessaloniki.
- Transavia cancelled all flights to Dubai and suspended Persian Gulf operations as a temporary precaution until Monday, January 26, while a U.S. Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon from Awali, Bahrain, became the most-tracked flight globally on January 24.
- The pattern of suspensions now spans European and North American airlines as Germany’s Lufthansa Group extended its Tehran suspension until March 29 and United Airlines, Air Canada, and British Airways cancelled key Middle East flights.
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European airlines suspend flights to Dubai
Many European airlines have suspended flights to Dubai and other Middle Eastern countries. Escalating tensions between the United States and Iran are behind the decisions, leading to widespread concerns over regional stability and aviation safety. Air France temporarily cancelled its Paris-Dubai services on Friday and Saturday. The carrier pointed to the volatile situation in the Middle East. Source
Airlines Reroute, Cancel Flights as Tensions Ramp up Over Iran
Jan 24 – Airlines have been rerouting and cancelling some flights across the Middle East as tensions ramp up between Iran and the United States, with President Donald Trump saying on Thursday the U.S. had an “armada” heading towards Iran. A senior Iranian official said on Friday Iran will treat any attack “as an all-out war against us”, ahead of the arrival of a U.S. military aircraft carrier strike group and other assets in the Middle East in t…
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