Dubai. Photo: Shutterstock Lufthansa Group announces significant changes to its flight schedule to Dubai, including the suspension of routes to the city by four of the group's airlines until the end of the 2026/27 winter season, at the end of March 2027.
According to an official announcement provided to PassportNews, these adjustments will take effect from November 25th, after all airlines in the group have already suspended their flights to and from Dubai until November 24th, inclusive.
In line with the decision, Austrian Airlines, SWISS and ITA Airways will suspend their services to and from Dubai until the end of the winter flight schedule. At the same time, Lufthansa will also continue to suspend its Frankfurt-Dubai route until the end of the season.
However, the group is not completely ceasing its operations to Dubai. Lufthansa is expected to resume the route from Munich with five weekly flights, while Eurowings will resume the route from Berlin with one daily flight.
The group says passengers whose flights were affected will receive notifications and, if necessary, be transferred to alternative connections.
The decision significantly extends the suspension of several of the group's key routes to Dubai, leaving operations to the destination on fewer routes.
Not just Lufthansa: several airlines have already suspended flights to Dubai. The new announcement joins an ongoing wave of flight cancellations to Dubai by international airlines, some of which have already announced the suspension of operations until 2027.
Dutch airline KLM has announced the cancellation of flights between Amsterdam and Dubai until March 27, 2027, inclusive. The company has thus removed the destination from its flight schedule for the entire winter season.
Air Canada has also suspended its operations to Dubai until the end of the 2026/27 winter season, while Cathay Pacific from Hong Kong announced the suspension of the route until January 31, 2027.
In early November, Singapore Airlines also joined the list of cancellations , extending the cancellation of its flights between Singapore and Dubai until February 28, 2027.
On the other hand, British Airways actually resumed flights between London Heathrow and Dubai in early November, after about eight months of interruption, with a frequency of seven weekly flights.
At the same time, Israeli security officials recently informed Israeli airlines that they would be able to operate flights to Abu Dhabi, while restrictions on landing in Dubai remained in place.
The Lufthansa Group's move highlights gaps in international airlines' policies toward Dubai: while some suspend routes for months, others are gradually resuming operations. For passengers, this means reduced direct flight options in some markets and continued uncertainty about flight schedules in the coming months.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Photo: Shutterstock