Airspace Closed: Worldwide Flight Cancellations and Reroutings, Attacks

While Israel is under Attack by Iran Friday night, after the attack by Israel in the early morning, air traffic in the region is coming to a standstill.

Iran’s official news agency IRNA reported that aviation authorities have shut down the country’s airspace until further notice. Iraq closed its airspace and suspended all traffic at its airports, Iraqi state media reported. The airspace in Eastern Iraq along the Iranian borders is one of the world’s busiest air corridors, with dozens of flights crossing between Europe and the Gulf, many on routes from Asia to Europe, at any given moment. Jordan’s civil aviation closed Jordanian airspace to all flights.

Israel also closed its airspace for the time being.

• El Alannounced the suspension of all flights to and from Israel and is relocating its aircraft out of the country, as well as suspending new bookings until June 30.
• Royal Jordanian Airlinescancelled all flights in and out of Jordan
• Emirateshas cancelled flights to and from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iran until June 15.
• Qatar Airwayscancelled flights to and from Iran and Iraq, and Syria
• Israir, a budget Israeli carrier, canceled all its flights to and from Israel until June 15 and is evacuating its planes from Tel Aviv airport.
• Arkia, an Israeli airline, has cancelled all its flights until June 14. 
• Flydubai,suspended flights to Amman, Beirut, Damascus, Iran, and Israel, and several other flights had been cancelled, rerouted, or returned to their departure airports.
• Turkish Airlinescancelled flights to Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Jordan until June 16.
• Etihad Airwayscancelled two flights between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv and delayed the departure of four others.
• Etihad and  Turkish Airlines diverted some flights to Baku, Azerbaijan, according to Heydar Aliyev International Airport.
• Pegasus Airlines, a Turkish carrier, cancelled its flights to Iran until June 19 and flights to Iraq and Jordan until June 16.
• Lufthansasuspended all flights to and from Tel Aviv and Tehran until July 31, and to and from Amman, Erbil, and Beirut until June 20.
• Air Francehas suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv until further notice.
• Ita Airwaysextended the suspension of flights to Tel Aviv until July 31.
• KLM, in partnership with Air France, cancelled all flights to Tel Aviv until at least July 1.
• Ryanairhas cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until August 31.
• SWISShas suspended its flights to Tel Aviv until October 25, while those to Beirut will be suspended until the end of July.
• Aegean Airlines cancelled all flights to and from Tel Aviv up to and including the early morning flight on July 12, as well as all flights to and from Beirut, Amman, and Erbil through the morning arrivals of June 28.
• LOT Polish Airlineswill not be using Iranian airspace for flights to Asia, a spokesperson told state news agency PAP.
• Wizz Airsuspended flights to Tel Aviv and re-routed flights affected by closed airspace in the region for the next 72 hours, it said in a statement through its Cyprus-based publicist.
• Taromsuspended all commercial flights to and from Tel Aviv, Beirut and Amman until June 16.
• AirBalticcanceled all flights to Tel Aviv until June 23.
• Air Indiadiverted several flights to the U.S. or turned around flights from New York, Vancouver, Chicago, and London.
• Aeroflotcancelled flights between Moscow and Tehran. In a statement, the airline said that flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, and the Maldives have been rerouted through Pakistani airspace.
• Delta Air Linespaused flights to Tel Aviv from New York through August 31.
• There may be more airlines, including Kuwait Air, United Airlines, American Airlines, Austria Airlines where flight cancellations can be expected