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Airlines cancel more flights as Middle East conflict escalates

 March 24 – Global air travel remains severely disrupted, with many people still unable to fly as planned to destinations after the Iran war forced the closure of major Middle Eastern hubs, including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi.. Airlines cancel more flights as Middle East conflict escalates. Below is the latest on flights, in alphabetical order:. AEGEAN AIRLINES. Greece’s largest carrier has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv, Beirut and Amman until April 22, and to Erbil and Baghdad until May 24. Flights to Dubai have been cancelled until April 19 and to Riyadh until April 18.. AIRBALTIC. Latvia’s airBaltic said all flights to Tel Aviv had been cancelled until April 29. All flights to Dubai stand cancelled until October 24.. AIR CANADA. The Canadian carrier has cancelled all flights to Tel Aviv until May 2 and to Dubai until March 28.. AIR EUROPA. The Spanish airline has cancelled all flights to Tel Aviv until April 10.. AIR FRANCE KLM. Air France has cancelled Tel Aviv and Beirut flights until March 28 and Dubai and Riyadh flights until March 24, as well as a March 25 departure from Dubai.. KLM suspended flights to Riyadh, Dammam and Dubai until May 17 and to Tel Aviv until April 11.. CATHAY PACIFIC. The Hong Kong airline has cancelled all passenger flights to Dubai and Riyadh until May 31. To cater to a surge in demand to Europe, it will operate three additional return flights to Paris and Zurich, and will provide additional seats on 13 existing flights to London in April.. DELTA. The U.S. carrier has cancelled its New York-Tel Aviv flights until May 31 and Tel Aviv-New York flights until June 1. The restart of its Atlanta-Tel Aviv route has been delayed, with flights to Tel Aviv paused until August 4 and from Tel Aviv until August 5.. EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES. The Israeli carrier said operational constraints are preventing regular flights from Israel, except in rare, exceptional cases, and that it is continuing efforts to bring passengers home. The airline has also urged authorities to open Ramon Airport near Eilat.. EMIRATES. The UAE airline said it was operating a reduced flight schedule following a partial reopening of regional airspace.. ETIHAD AIRWAYS. The UAE carrier said it was operating a limited commercial flight schedule between Abu Dhabi and select destinations.. FINNAIR. The Finnish carrier has cancelled its Dubai flights until March 29 and Doha flights until July 2, while continuing to avoid the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel.. FLYNAS. Saudi budget airline Flynas has extended its suspension of flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Doha, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq and Syria until March 31.. IAG. IAG-owned British Airways has extended cancellations of flights to Amman, Bahrain, Dubai and Tel Aviv until May 31 and to Doha until April 30, while adding flights to Bangkok and Singapore. Flights to Abu Dhabi remain suspended until later this year.. INDIGO. The Indian airline has suspended operations to Doha, Kuwait, Bahrain, Dammam, Fujairah 

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