Global airlines cancelled flights to Tel Aviv, Tehran and other Middle East destinations, or rerouted planes, on Friday as air spaces shut following Israeli strikes on Iran.
Israel, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, and Syria closed their air spaces after Israel hit military and nuclear facilities in Iran, and Israel said Tehran launched drones in retaliation.
Emirates, the Middle East’s largest airline, said it had cancelled flights to and from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iran after Israel launched the strikes.
Qatar Airways, the country’s national carrier and one of the Middle East’s largest, said it had “temporarily cancelled flights to Iran and Iraq due to the current situation in the region”.
Air France said it was suspending its flights to and from Tel Aviv “until further notice” following the closure of Israeli airspace.
German airline group Lufthansa said it would suspend flights to Tehran until the end of July and also extended the suspension of flights to and from Tel Aviv for the same period.
