In a sign that the situation is improving slightly, the UAE is starting to establish what it called safe air corridors that will allow for as many as 48 flights an hour, the economy ministry said.
Airlines around the globe are suspending more flights to additional destinations across West Asia as the scope of the war expands during its fourth day.
The disruptions since Iran’s first retaliatory strike are spreading across the region, leading to more than 12,300 flights being cancelled, including at major transfer hubs such as Dubai and Doha, according to Flightradar24.
The cancellations will reverberate beyond the current period because they leave planes out of position and crew members in the wrong locations. Tens of thousands of passengers are stranded, so many carriers are running special evacuation flights.
In a sign that the situation is improving slightly, the UAE is starting to establish what it called safe air corridors that will allow for as many as 48 flights an hour, the economy ministry said. More than 80 additional flights are scheduled, with a capacity exceeding 27,000 passengers, the ministry said.
Here is a list of airlines that have announced adjustments to their regional flight schedules:
Air France-KLM
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines suspended the remainder of its winter season flights to and from Tel Aviv, starting Sunday. It also halted flights to and from Dammam and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Dubai until March 9, according to a notice published on its website.
British Airways
- Cancelled flights to Amman, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Doha and Tel Aviv at least through Tuesday.
Cathay Pacific
- Cancelled services to and from Dubai and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — where the airspace remains open — until March 14.
Delta Airlines
- Flights between New York and Tel Aviv are suspended through March 8.
EasyJet
- The low-cost carrier cancelled Tuesday flights to Cyprus after drones hit the UK’s Royal Air Force base there.
Emirates
- The world’s largest international airline extended the suspension of flights to and from Dubai until March 4.
- Emirates has scrapped more than 2,000 flights since Saturday, among the most severe disruptions ever for a carrier that prides itself on round-the-clock operations and resilience.
- While the airline has started some limited operations to evacuate people from Dubai, regular commercial flights are canceled.
Etihad
- Extended its suspension of operations until Thursday.
Lufthansa Group
- All of its airlines suspended flights to Tel Aviv; Beirut; Amman, Jordan; Erbil, Iraq; Dammam, Saudi Arabia; and Tehran until March 8.
- The group also won’t use the airspace over Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Dammam and Iran until March 8.
- Flights to and from Dubai are suspended until March 4, and the airspace over the UAE won’t be used during that same period.
Oman Air
- Extended its cancellations to several destinations across the region, including Dammam, Saudi Arabia, where a Saudi Aramco facility was targeted by Iran on Tuesday.
Qatar Airways
- All operations remain halted until further notice.
Russia
- On the flip side, 24 flights from the United Arab Emirates and Oman to Russia are scheduled for Tuesday by Russian and foreign airlines, the nation’s Transport Ministry said. They’ll carry about 4,500 passengers to Moscow, Kazan, Mineralnye Vody, Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk.
Virgin Atlantic
- The airline previously suspended flights to and from Dubai and Riyadh starting Feb. 28 through Tuesday. “This remains a fast-moving and unpredictable situation, and further cancellations or schedule changes may be likely over the coming days,” the airline said on its website.
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Published on March 4, 2026