Global air travel remains severely disrupted following the war in Iran, with major hubs including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi closed and tens of thousands of passengers stranded worldwide, Reuters reported.
Cyprus is directly affected, with cancellations continuing at Larnaca airport. According to Hermes Airports, which manages Cyprus’s airports, 26 arrivals and 25 departures have been cancelled on Tuesday between 7 am and midnight.
Flights to and from the Middle East — particularly Israel — have been cancelled, as have services from Germany, the UK and Austria, which began seeing cancellations on Monday.
Hermes Airports is advising passengers to contact their airline or travel agent before heading to the airport.
Major airlines have announced the following suspensions:
Aegean Airlines — Flights suspended to and from Tel Aviv, Beirut, Erbil and Baghdad until the early morning arrivals of 10 March. Cancellations to and from Dubai and Abu Dhabi until the evening of 6 March, and to and from Riyadh and Jeddah until the morning arrivals of 7 March.
airBaltic — All flights to and from Tel Aviv cancelled until 9 March and to and from Dubai until 6 March.
Air Canada — Flights to and from Dubai and Tel Aviv suspended until 22 March, with resumption planned for 23 March.
Air Europa — All flights to Tel Aviv cancelled until 9 March.
Air France — Flights to and from Tel Aviv, Beirut, Dubai and Riyadh cancelled until 5 March.
KLM — Flights to and from Dubai, Riyadh and Dammam suspended until 9 March; flights to and from Tel Aviv suspended for the remainder of the winter schedule.
Air India — Temporary suspension of all flights to and from the Middle East extended until 3 March.
Cathay Pacific — Flights to and from Dubai and Riyadh cancelled until 14 March.
Delta Air Lines — New York (JFK)–Tel Aviv flights cancelled until 8 March; return flights until 9 March.
El Al — Flights to and from Israel cancelled until 02:00 on 5 March.
Emirates — A limited number of flights resumed from the evening of 2 March; remaining flights still suspended.
Etihad Airways — All flights to and from Abu Dhabi suspended until 10:00 GMT on 4 March.
Finnair — Flights to Doha and Dubai cancelled until 29 March; avoiding airspace over Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel.
British Airways — Flights to Amman, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Doha and Tel Aviv cancelled until 5 March.
Iberia Express — All flights to and from Tel Aviv cancelled until 10 March.
IndiGo — Flights using Middle East airspace suspended until at least 2 March; cancellations in place until 5 March.
ITA Airways — Flights to and from Tel Aviv suspended and airspace of Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Iran avoided until 8 March. Cancellations to Dubai until 4 March and to and from Riyadh from 2–4 March.
Japan Airlines — Tokyo–Doha flights suspended from 28 February to 7 March; Doha–Tokyo on 8 March.
LOT Polish Airlines — Flights to and from Tel Aviv cancelled until 18 March; to Dubai until 4 March and to Riyadh until 8 March.
Lufthansa — Flights to and from Tel Aviv, Beirut, Amman, Dammam, Erbil and Tehran suspended until 8 March; to and from Dubai until 4 March.
Malaysia Airlines — Flights to and from Doha, Jeddah and Medina suspended until 4 March.
Norwegian Air — Start of flights to Tel Aviv and Beirut pushed back to 15 June.
Pegasus Airlines — Flights to Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon cancelled until 6 March; to Iran until 12 March.
Qatar Airways — Flights to and from Doha suspended due to airspace closure.
Singapore Airlines — Flights to and from Dubai cancelled until 7 March. Scoot has cancelled flights to and from Jeddah until 7 March.
TAROM — Flights to and from Tel Aviv, Beirut and Amman suspended until 2 March; 3 March flights under review.
Turkish Airlines — Selected flights to and from Bahrain, Dammam, Riyadh, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Syria and the UAE cancelled.
TUS Airways — All flights to and from Israel cancelled until 8 March.
Virgin Atlantic — Flights to and from Riyadh and Dubai cancelled until 2 March; Dubai–London flight on 3 March also cancelled.
Wizz Air — Flights to and from Israel, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Amman and Saudi Arabia suspended until 7 March.
(with information from Reuters)
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