Gulf Air: Gulf Air has confirmed that each one inbound, outbound and transit flights will stay suspended indefinitely, whereas Bahraini airspace stays closed. However, “passengers can now book their flights on Gulf Air’s temporary network from either Bahrain or Dammam to Paris, Manila, Cairo, Casablanca, Chennai, Frankfurt, Nairobi, London, Mumbai and Bangkok,” the airline confirmed. “Transport between Bahrain and Dammam will be arranged for passengers with confirmed tickets.”
Oman Air: Oman’s state-owned flag provider has cancelled flights to and from Amman, Dubai, Bahrain, Doha, Dammam, Kuwait, Copenhagen, Baghdad and Khasab till Wednesday, 15 April, when one other replace will probably be offered.
SalamAir: Oman’s SalamAir is placing on flights between Fujairah International Airport and Muscat, with connecting journeys to Lucknow, Calicut, Hyderabad, Istanbul, Karachi and Cairo. Tickets must be bought straight from the airline’s web site or an authorised travel company. Flights to Iraq, Lebanon and Iran are suspended till Thursday, 30 April, whereas flights to Kuwait, Sharjah, Doha and Dammam are set to resume on Tuesday, 31 March.
IndiGo: Indian provider IndiGo are “almost back to operating its regular schedule with 126 weekly flights to/from Saudia Arabia and 28 weekly flights to/from Oman. Additionally, IndiGo’s will operate 98 weekly flights to/from UAE.” This comes after the momentary suspension of flights to Doha, Kuwait City, Sharjah, Bahrain, Dammam, Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah “due to the evolving situation in the Middle East”.
Lufthansa: German provider Lufthansa is suspending all flights to Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Dammam, Riyadh, Erbil, Muscat and Tehran, till Saturday, 24 October. With its Dubai and Tel Aviv routes on pause till Sunday, 31 May, “due to ongoing airspace risks over Iran and Iraq”. The airline added, “the suspensions force Europe-to-Asia flights onto longer detours via Egypt or Central Asia, adding one to two hours to flight times and pushing fuel costs into fares”.
Virgin Atlantic: British provider Virgin Atlantic has suspended its service from London to Dubai for the remainder of the winter. With the seasonal route meant to be working till Saturday, March 28, the airline put out an announcement on Sunday, 8 March saying: “The recent escalation in the Middle East has brought forward the end of our operation for this season.” Those with tickets for Virgin flights are suggested to contact the airline as their groups are “actively working to support those who still need to travel, including exploring and securing arrangements with other airlines wherever possible”.