Abu Dhabi: Flights disrupted in the Middle East after Israeli strikes on Iran have prompted regional airlines to closely monitor security and airspace.
Explosions were reported across Tehran, leading to disruptions in flights as the Israeli military claimed it executed “precise strikes on military targets.”
In response, several airlines rerouted their flights, and both Iran and Iraq suspended all air traffic over their national airspace. Iran later announced that flights would resume later on October 26.
UAE carrier Etihad Airways rerouted a number of flights, and that events were likely to cause disruption and delays until 28th of October.
Their statement read that, “This is a developing situation, and the airline is continuously monitoring security and airspace updates. This is likely to cause some disruption and delay to a number of flights over the next 48 hours. Customers are urged to check the status of their flight on our official website.”
Emirates, meanwhile, has cancelled all flights to and from Baghdad and Tehran up to and including October 30 while flights to and from Beirut are cancelled up to and including October 31.
Anyone booked to travel through Dubai to these destinations will not be accepted at their point of origin, officials say.
Flydubai flights with a final destination of Tehran, Baghdad or Erbil are operating as scheduled. Qatar Airways has temporarily suspended flights to and from both Iran and Lebanon until further notice. Flights to Jordan and Iraq will only operate during daylight hours.