Photo: Frame Stock Footage / Shutterstock A number of international airlines have announced the suspension of their operations to the Middle East. Here are the latest updates:
United Airlines: The airline has canceled all flights to and from Tel Aviv until September 8, 2026.
Air India, Air India Express and IndiGo will resume flights to Doha Qatar, on May 1, 2026.
The airline has extended the cancellation of its flights to Tel Aviv until the end of June 2026, inclusive.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines: The operator will resume flights on the route between Amsterdam (Schiphol) and Tel Aviv on August 25. The flights will make a stop in Larnaca.
Flights to and from Dammam and Riyadh are suspended up to and including Sunday, May 17, 2026, while flights to and from Dubai are suspended up to and including Sunday, May 17, 2026.
Delta Air Lines: The company has canceled flights to Israel until September 5, "due to the security situation" affecting the city. Passengers are advised to perform frequent flight status checks or set up direct updates on their phones or by email via One-Time Notification.
American Airlines: The company extended the cancellation of flights to and from Israel until January 6, 2027.
Tus Airways: The airline has resumed its flights to Tel Aviv.
SkyUp NISTRU Airlines: The Moldovan (former Ukrainian) airline has resuming operations on the route between Tel Aviv and Chisinau, Moldova, on May 3, 2026. The company will now operate four weekly flights on the route.
Sky Express: All scheduled flights from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV), as well as flights from Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV) to Athens International Airport (ATH), have resumed in April.
TAP Air Portugal: the airline has canceled its flights to Tel Aviv until September 18.
Anima Wings: The Romanian company has canceled all flights to Israel until August 9.
Bulgaria Air: The Bulgarian airline will resume operations on the route between Tel Aviv and Sofia on June 4, 2026. In the first phase, flights will operate at a frequency of two per week, and later this month the company plans to increase the frequency to four per week.
Transavia: The airline has canceled its flights to and from Beirut until the end of the season. "All flights to and from Dubai have been canceled until April 18th. After April 19th, the season stops and we don’t operate flights to and from Dubai anymore. The main booker has been informed by email and/or SMS. In this message, you can read more information about the available options for your trip", said the company's announcement on April 1.
Air Europa: The Spanish airline will resume flights between Madrid and Tel Aviv starting June 29.
LOT Polish Airlines: resumed flights to Israel.
Air France: The company has extended flight cancellations to and from Riyadh until Jun 2, 2026 inclusive, Beirut and Dubai until June 17, 2026 inclusive (i.e. until June 18, 2026 for flights departing from Dubai), and Tel Aviv until June 30, 2026 inclusive.
Wizz Air: The low-cost carrier has resumed its operations to Israel starting May 28. On June 8, the company announced the temporary suspension of all its flights to and from Israel today and tomorrow (June 8-June 9), in light of the security escalation in the region.
Today, June 9, 20206, the airline announced it will once again resume operations as planned on Wednesday, June 10, 2026.
Flights from Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Amman, and Saudi Arabia to European destinations will remain suspended until The airline will resume flights to Beirut on May 12 and to Riyadh and Amman on May 21. Flights to Dubai are canceled until August 31,
Cyprus Airways: the company has resumed its flights from Larnaca to Tel Aviv starting April 23, 2026, at 5:55 PM (GMT+3).
Throughout the week, daily flights from Ben Gurion Airport are expected to depart during a fixed time window between 3:30 PM and 6:00 PM, allowing maximum flexibility for travelers and convenient connections to the company's connecting flights, primarily the popular destination of Athens.
British Airways: After announcing that it will resume its route to Tel Aviv on October 24, 2026.
The airline has also announced it will reduce flights to Dubai from three flights a day to one daily flight, and flights from Doha from two daily to one a day, also starting July 1st.
Flights to Larnaca and Riyadh will also be resumed on May 22, while Bahrain and Amman services will not resume before October 25. The company also announced the closure of the route to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on April 24.
airBaltic: Flights to and from Tel Aviv resumed on July 1.
Air Canada: All flights to Tel Aviv and Dubai are canceled until October 25, 2026.
Lufthansa Group Airlines: On June 23, 2026, Swiss Airlines announced that it will extend the suspension of its flights to and from Dubai until October 24, 2026, for operational reasons.
The airline, part of the Lufthansa group, has also previously postponed its return to Tel Aviv, saying it will not resume operations on the Tel Aviv-Zurich route before August of this year.
ITA Airways and Lufthansa resumed flights on July 1.
Eurowings is currently expected to return in mid-July, while Brussels Airlines has extended the suspension of flights to Israel until October 24, 2026
Brussels Airlines, on the other hand, has at this stage suspended its flights to Ben Gurion Airport until October 24, 2026.
SWISS flights to Dubai will remain suspended until September 13 and to Beirut until October 24, 2026.
Lufthansa Gorup Airlines flights to and from Amman, Dammam, Erbil, Beirut, Tehran, Riyadh, Muscat, and Tehran will remain suspended until October 24 , 2026.
ITA Airways: The airline announced the resumption of its direct flights between Rome and Tel Aviv starting July 1, 2026. Flights to and from Riyadh will remain suspended until July 31. Flights to and from Dubai will be suspended until and including October 24 "for operational reasons."
Aegean Airlines resumed its flights to Tel Avi.
flyDubai: Flights to and from Tel Aviv have resumed.
Etihad: The company resumed operations on the Tel Aviv-Abu Dhabi route on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, with two daily flights.
Azerbaijan Airlines: resumed flight.
Centrum Air: redumed flights.
Tarom: the Romanian company has resumed flights to Tel Aviv.
Iberia Express: The company has canceled all its flights to and from Tel Aviv until July 1, when it will operate one daily flight.
BlueBird: the airline has resumed flights on the Athens-Tel Aviv route.
Ethiopian Airlines has resumed flight to Israel in April.
Hainan Airlines: After previously announcing it would likely resume Tel Aviv flights on May 3, subject to approval from the China Civil Aviation Authority, the airline has now issued an update: all flights remain canceled until further notice.
Several other airlines announced they would resume their flights to Israel, marking a significant recovery in international connectivity. These include Red Wings, Georgian Airways, FlyOne, with the latter originally announcing it would reopen the Tel Aviv-Chisinau route on May 3, 2026, but later postponed with no new operational date provided.