Travel disruptions still hit Middle East in wake of US-Israel-Iran conflict

Airlines are forced to reroute oregon cancel flights, affecting large hubs similar Doha and Dubai, contempt a ceasefire announced betwixt Iran and Israel.

The Israel-Iran conflict, unneurotic with the subject involution of the United States and Tehran’s retaliation, has continued to heavy disrupt planetary question contempt immoderate Middle East nations saying their airspaces were present unfastened again.

The delays, suspensions and cancellations by aggregate airlines continued connected Tuesday aft Iran launched a constricted rocket onslaught connected US forces astatine Qatar’s Al Udeid Air Base connected Monday successful retaliation for US strikes connected Sunday astatine 3 Iranian atomic sites.

Qatar temporarily closed its airspace conscionable hours earlier, forcing state-owned Qatar Airways to denote that its flights were suspended due to the fact that of the closure.

Airports passim the portion person been connected borderline since Israel began the deadly struggle connected June 13 – with a astonishment barrage of attacks connected Iran, which retaliated with its ain rocket and drone strikes.

Passengers queue astatine Dubai International Airport, pursuing Iran’s Monday onslaught connected a US subject base, successful Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 24, 2025 [Reuters]

In the days pursuing the US strikes, much and much carriers cancelled flights, peculiarly successful Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, which beryllium conscionable crossed the Persian Gulf from Iran.

While US President Donald Trump announced a truce betwixt Tehran and Tel Aviv precocious connected Monday night, galore airlines person halted prime routes done the mediate of the week, citing information concerns.

Middle East carriers severely affected

Dubai-based Emirates suspended each flights to Iran and Iraq, including those serving Baghdad and Basra, done June 30. An unspecified fig of different Emirates flights were rerouted but continuing to run arsenic scheduled, utilizing formation paths good distanced from struggle areas, according to the airline, which added that immoderate flights whitethorn beryllium delayed.

Gulf Air, the bearer of the Kingdom of Bahrain, extended the cancellation of scheduled flights to Jordan until June 27.

Air tracking information from FlightAware showed 382 cancellations worldwide conscionable aft 10:30am ET (14:30 GMT) Tuesday, pursuing 834 cancellations seen connected Monday.

Airports successful the Middle East are immoderate of the busiest successful the world, covering an country stretching from Iran and Iraq to the Mediterranean and serving arsenic a connecting hub for flights betwixt Europe and Asia.

However, successful an aboriginal motion of normalcy returning to the region, Iraqi airspace reopened and flights were present transiting it, flight-tracking website Flightradar24 wrote connected X connected Tuesday.

It’s unclear whether Iranian airspace is present besides unfastened to planetary arrivals and departures to and from Tehran.

In the meantime, the Israel Airports Authority says Ben Gurion Airport adjacent Tel Aviv is returning to afloat operation.

Meanwhile, Singapore Airlines cancelled immoderate flights to and from Dubai starting Sunday and done Wednesday, citing “a information appraisal of the geopolitical concern successful the Middle East”.

And British Airways said it had suspended flights to and from Doha done Wednesday, adding that it “will support the concern nether review”.