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 7, 2026. Flights to Dubai have been canceled through Friday, March 27, 2026. "If your flight is impacted, we’ll notify you directly. You can also check your flight status or use the United App to see if your upcoming flight was affected. There’s also a travel waiver in place through April 19 if you’d like to proactively change your travel plans."
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: Flights to and from Tel Aviv remain suspended up to and including May 17, 2026. Similarly, 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. Tickets must be reissued on or before February 28, 2027, while booked travel must begin no later than February 28, 2027.
American Airlines: The company extended the cancellation of flights to and from Israel until September 10, after a previous term set for July 3. Last week, the airline announced it will waive change fees for passengers traveling to, through, or from Abu Dhabi (AUH), Amman (AMM), Bahrain (BAH), Doha (DOH), Dubai (DXB), and Larnaca (LCA) in any fare class, including Basic Economy, for tickets purchased by February 27 and flights scheduled between February 28 and March 15.
Plus, a separate waiver applies to flights to, through, or from Cairo (CAI) and Tel Aviv (TLV), covering passengers who bought tickets by February 27 and were scheduled to travel between February 28 and March 10.
Tus Airways: The airline has resumed its flights to Tel Aviv on April 14.
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 on April 16.
TAP Air Portugal: the airline has canceled its flights to Tel Aviv until July 1 (inclusive). On July 2, the company is expected to return with 5 weekly flights on the Lisbon route and in October open the route to Porto.
Anima Wings: The Romanian company has canceled all flights to Israel until August 9.
Bulgaria Air: The Bulgarian airline has extended flight cancelations to Tel Aviv until May 31, inclusive.
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 airline has extended the cancellation of its flights to Israel until June 28, 2026, inclusive.
LOT Polish Airlines: Starting June 1, the company will once again operate one daily flight on the Warsaw-Tel Aviv route, with another daily flight being added a week later, on June 8, so that LOT will operate two daily flights between Warsaw and Ben Gurion Airport.
At the same time, the company will also resume operating the route between Krakow and Tel Aviv with a frequency of five weekly flights
Air France: The company has extended flight cancellations to Tel Aviv, Dubai, and Beirut until May 20, inclusive. Similarly, service to and from Riyadh will remain canceled until May 12, 2026, inclusive (i.e. until May 11, 2026 for flights departing from Dubai).
WizzAir: The low-cost carrier has announced the resumption of its operations to Israel starting May 28.
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 cancelled until August 31,
Cyprus Airrways: 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.
Smartwings announced the first flight on the renewed Prague-Tel Aviv route will take off tonight at 11:45 P.M. local time from Prague and land at 04:35 A.M. in Tel Aviv. The flight from Tel Aviv to Prague will take off at 05:35. In the first phase, 4 flights will be operated on the route, on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
British Airways: After announcing that it will resume its route to Tel Aviv on July 1, 2026, reducing the schedule from two daily flights to one daily flight, the carrier, today, May 19, 2026, said that its flights to Israel are now canceled until August 1, 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 will resume on May 31, 2026. All flights to and from Dubai have been canceled until 24 October 2026 (inclusive).
Air Canada: All flights to Tel Aviv and Dubai are canceled until September 7, 2026 (inclusive). The company emphasized that passengers staying in these areas are asked not to arrive at the airport without a confirmed flight with another airline
Lufthansa Group Airlines: The European airline group announced that its airlines will begin gradually resuming their flights to and from Israel starting in June 2026.
According to the plan, starting June 1, Austrian Airlines and Lufthansa Cargo will resume operations on the Tel Aviv route. Starting July 1, Lufthansa plas to resume flights to Ben Gurion Airport, and in mid-July, Eurowings is also expected to resume operations on the Tel Aviv route.
Brussels Airlines, on the other hand, has at this stage suspended its flights to Ben Gurion Airport until October 24, 2026.
SWISS flights to Tel Aviv will resume on July 1. "Until then, the airline will undertake all necessary operational preparations to be able to offer this connection to its guests again. This includes, in particular, crew planning for cockpit and cabin staff as well as ensuring the availability of the respective aircraft."
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.
"Affected guests can rebook to a later travel date free of charge or alternatively request a full refund of the ticket price."
Lufthansa says that "Passengers on all affected Lufthansa Group flights to the abovementioned destinations, whose flights have already been canceled, may request a full refund at Help Center | Lufthansa or through their travel agent or a rebooking on any later LHG operated flight". At the same time, guests who hold LHG tickets to TLV, AMM, BEY, EBL, DMM und DXB issued on or before March 1, 2026, that have not yet been cancelled with original travel dates up to March 15, 2026, will be allowed to rebook free of charge onto any LHG-operated flights from March 16, 2026 up to March 31, 2026 or ask for a refund.
ITA Airways: The airline has canceled its flights on the Tel Aviv route until May 31.
Aegean Airlines resumed its flights to Tel Aviv on April 28, sooner than anticipated.a
Affected passengers may ask for a full refund, credit vouchers, or ticket change with no additional fees.
flyDubai: As of March 19, the airline "has resumed its operations with a reduced schedule", advising customers to "not to travel to the airport unless they have received confirmation that their flight is operating, has been rebooked, or received a revised check-in time."
Flights to and from Tel Aviv have resumed on April 30.
Etihad: The company resumed operations on the Tel Aviv-Abu Dhabi route on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, with two daily flights. The flights from Tel Aviv will operate at 2:40 PM (EY594) and 7:50 PM (EY598), with landings in Abu Dhabi at 7:15 PM and 12:25 AM, respectively.
All flights will be operated using an Airbus A321LR aircraft that recently joined the company's fleet, in a three-class configuration: economy, business and first, including 14 business seats that open into a full bed and two seats in first class. The airline also announced special prices on the company's flights to the Far East: to Bangkok starting at $1,250 and to Tokyo starting at $1,648.
Emirates: The company has announced "the limited re-opening of airspace" and the operation of a "reduced flight schedule until further notice" to these destinations. Passengers are advised to check availability. Those transiting in Dubai "will only be accepted for travel if their connecting flight is operating."
Kuwait Airways: The airline has resumed operational flights from Kuwait International Airport, Terminal 4 (T4) "in compliance with safety procedures" effective from Sunday, April 26.
Azerbaijan Airlines: Despite previously announcing that it will resume operations on the Tel Aviv-Baku route with an impressive frequency of up to 2 daily flights, starting Friday, May 1, the airline has not followed through.
The Azerbaijani airline did not take off from Ben Gurion Airport and announced that it is canceling its flights to Israel tomorrow (May 2) as well. No specific reason was given for the cancellation of the route to Baku.
Centrum Air: Starting May 3, Centrum Air will operate three weekly flights to Tel Aviv, including two weekly flights from Samarkand and one from Tashkent, with a fixed schedule throughout the week.
Air Seychelles: the airline had originally announced it will return to Tel Aviv on May 7. However, in a recent announcement, the airline said that the route between Tel Aviv and the Seychelles will remain suspended until further notice.
Tarom: the Romanian company has resumed flights to Tel Aviv on May 2.
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 on April 12.
Ethiopian Airlines announced it has canceled all flights to and from Flights to and from Erbil and Baghdad until the early morning hours of 25 May 2026..
The company has resumed flights to and from Tel Aviv on April 17, 2026.
"To avoid further inconvenience, passengers traveling to or from the region are strongly encouraged to check their flight status through our official digital channels at https://www.ethiopianairlines.com/et/book/booking/flight-staus."
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.