Many airlines have canceled or diverted dozens today.
Israel, Iran, as well as Iraq and Jordan, closed their airspace this morning, causing the cancellation of many flights to and from countries or those planning to fly over the area.
Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport closed and Israel’s anti -aircraft units were put on a high alert for possible retaliation by Iran. The Iranian airspace has been closed until younger, according to state media and alerts to the pilots.
The Israeli The Airlines He said he suspended flights to and from Israel, as did Air France KLM and low -cost airlines Ryanair and Wizz. Wizz said it has redirected flights affected by indoor airspace in the area for the next 72 hours. Israeli airlines El Al, Israir and Arkia transported airplanes outside the country. Flightradar data showed that airspace above Iran, Iraq and Jordan is closed.
About 1,800 flights to and from Europe were affected until early this afternoon, including about 650 canceled flights, according to Eurocontrol.
Her flights Indian water From New Delhi to Vienna and Mumbai to London they were preparing to enter the Iranian airspace today, when Israel launched its attack, according to the Flight Aware website. The planes returned to the departure airports.
Air India’s flight from London to New Delhi, which had also just entered the Iranian airspace, diverted to Iraqi airspace, reaching India with almost an hour delay, according to the Flight Aware. “Due to the situation in Iran,” several Air India flights between India and the United States or Europe were forced to stop today at airports in Europe, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the company said on its website.
Greek air Aegean Airlines She suspended her flights to and from Tel Aviv until July 12 and to and from Beirut, Amman and Erbil (Iraq) until June 28th.
OR Air France She also announced the suspension of “until younger” her flights between Paris and Tel Aviv, but maintains her flights to Lebanon and other airports in the area.
OR LufthansaEurope’s leading airline suspended its connections to Tehran until July 31st, extended the suspension of its links to Tel Aviv for the same period and would avoid the airspace of both countries, as well as that of Iraq, “until younger”.
Its Swiss subsidiary, the Swissshe agreed with these decisions, also choosing to suspend her flights to Beirut and not repeat them to Tel Aviv until October 25.
OR Emirates He also canceled flights to and from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Iran, while Qatar Airways stopped flights to Iran, Iraq and Syria.
Gulf airlines canceled several flights to and from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Iran and Syria.
Dubai’s international airports, which serve many flights to the area, reported numerous “cancellations or postponements due to the closure of the airspace in Iran, Iraq and Syria”.
Abu Dhabi Airport, the United Arab Emirates capital, issued a warning of “disorders” expected “throughout the day”. Russia’s Civil Aviation Authority, Rossaviatsia, also ordered Russian airlines to stop running flights to or from Israel and Iran, and not operating flights above Israeli, the Jordanian, Iraqi and Iranian airplane until 26 June.
Civil Aviation, which prioritizes security, is increasingly difficult to deal with the expansion of hostilities around the world. Propaging conflict zones around the world are becoming a growing burden on the activities and profitability of airlines, and are greater concern for security.
The closure of Israeli airspace led to the cancellation of all flights from Israel, including those of local airlines El Al (until Sunday) and Israir (until Saturday), the airlines said.
Two Israir flights to Israel today were diverted to Athens, the airline said.
“Traffic is now diverted to the south via Egypt and Saudi Arabia, or to the north via Turkey, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan,” according to Safe Airspace, a website managed by Opsgroup, an organization with members who shares flight information.
