Airlines from several countries continue to suspend some operations in the Middle East after the United States and Israel. Qatar Airways will operate two routes to São Paulo in the coming days.
The Qatari company obtained temporary authorization from the authorities to carry out some flights during the week. The company announced that a plane will depart from Doha to São Paulo this Thursday (12th March), with a return scheduled for Friday (13th March), and another departing on Sunday (15th March) and returning on Monday (16th March). Qatar Airways has communicated routes to countries on all continents. On the company’s website, it is now possible to schedule flights for later dates involving Brazil.
According to the Flightradar24 flight map, 5 of the region’s main airlines continue to reduce flights compared to pre-war numbers.
For comparison purposes, Air Arabia, Emirates Airlines, Etihad Airways, FlyDubai and Qatar Airways, together, registered 2,056 flights on February 24, compared to 742 on Wednesday (Mar 11).
Carriers from different countries announced cancellations or suspensions of routes. Here is the situation this Thursday (12th March):
- – The last update is from the morning of March 2nd. The company confirms that flights to and from Amman, Beirut, Bahrain, Tel Aviv, Doha, Kuwait, Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and Daman remain canceled until further notice;
- – The Moroccan company published on Monday (9th March) that routes involving Dubai and Doha are canceled until Sunday (15th March);
- – The company continues to allow customers with tickets purchased for routes involving Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria and the United Arab Emirates before February 28, 2026 to change the dates free of charge or request a refund. The measure is valid for flights until March 31st and can be activated until May 10th. The company also announced that passengers with Iranian passports are prevented from entering Azerbaijan;
- – The company confirmed flights to several cities in Asia, Oceania, Europe and North America from Abu Dhabi from Friday (6th March) until March 19th. All other commercial routes are cancelled, and in this case, passengers who purchased tickets before February 28th with dates until March 21st can reschedule or request a refund until May 15th;
- – The company reported that its flights to and from Dubai are limited. He asked that passengers only go to the airport if they have received notification. Customers can rebook an alternative flight until March 31st or request a refund;
- – The company allows passengers to change their travel routes until March 31 without charging additional fees;
- – The company informed that it is temporarily suspending operations. The company said it will resume flights when authorities deem it safe to reopen the country’s airspace. After some flights already carried out last week, the company confirmed routes in the coming days to Cairo, Casablanca, Johannesburg, São Paulo, New York, Frankfurt, Madrid, London, Beijing, Mumbai, New Delhi, Islamabad, Colombo, Jakarta, Manila, Dallas, Paris, Rome, Jeddah, Muscat, Hong Kong, Seoul, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Melbourne;
- – Last Friday (March 6), the Arab company resumed limited routes to some countries in Asia, Africa and Europe until March 22;
- – The company added extra shipments and will have 58 flights between India and the Middle East this Thursday (12th March), involving the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Saudi Arabia. It has also scheduled 78 additional flights from March 10 to 18 on routes connecting India to Europe, the US, Sri Lanka and the Maldives;
- – The group reported that it has suspended flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Daman, Amman and Erbial until March 15; to Beirut until March 28; to Tel Aviv until April 2; and to Tehran until April 30. Routes to Jeddah and Riyadh are confirmed;
- – Canceled routes until Saturday (14 March) to Riyadh and until Sunday (15 March) to Dubai, Tel Aviv and Beirut;
- – The company did not issue new communications. But it is only possible to book routes to Tel Aviv, Doha and Dubai from April to most available destinations;
- Dutch arm of the Air France-KLM group – Suspended the remainder of winter season operations (summer in Brazil) to and from Tel Aviv since March 1st. Flights to and from Daman and Riyadh this Thursday (12th March) are cancelled. Routes to Dubai are suspended until March 28;
- – The company has scheduled extra routes until Sunday (15 March) to London, Istanbul, Cairo, Rome, Frankfurt, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Munich, Amsterdam, Paris and Milan;
- – Suspended flights between Tokyo and Doha until March 22;
- – The Spanish company announced the cancellation of routes to Doha and Tel Aviv until March 15;
- – The Spanish company canceled flights between Madrid and Tel Aviv until March 20, and allowed customers to change dates for tickets purchased until February 28 for departures until March 31;
- – The Malaysian company resumed routes to Jeddah and Medina on Sunday (8 March), but flights to and from Doha are suspended until Friday (13 March);
- – The British company announced that it is unable to operate flights to Abu Dhabi, Amman, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai and Tel Aviv, and informed that passengers with tickets until March 15th can change routes until March 29th. The company informed that it will interrupt daily flights that departed from Muscat to London in recent days on Thursday (12 March) due to low demand;
- – The company informed that passengers with flights to and from Abu Dhabi, Amman, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai, Larnaca and Tel Aviv can change their trip without a rebooking fee. The measure applies to tickets purchased until March 11th, with boarding scheduled for April 12th. Customers also have the option to cancel the ticket and request a refund;
- – The company informed that passengers with flights to and from Dubai or Tel Aviv can change their trip without being charged a rebooking fee. The measure applies to tickets purchased until February 28th, with boarding scheduled from March 8th to 31st. Customers also have the option to cancel the ticket and request a refund;
- – The company reported that it canceled flights between New York (JFK) and Tel Aviv until March 22 and in the opposite direction until March 23, due to the conflict in the region. Affected passengers can reschedule their trip without a fee or cancel their ticket and request a refund. The company also released a travel waiver which makes changes to flights to or through Tel Aviv flexible until March 31st.
CLIMBING IN TENSION
The event was held after weeks of tension between the 2 countries. On February 19, Trump stated that, within 10 days, he would know whether to give “one step forward” in relation to an attack against the Persian country.
Afterwards, the Republican declared that everyone, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces, Dan Caine, considers that a possible war against Iran would result in one.
In , on February 24, Trump said that the US had not yet heard Iran pronounce “those magic words: ‘We will never have a nuclear weapon’”. In his speech, the American president stated that the Persian regime “has already developed missiles that could threaten Europe and our bases abroad, and is working to build missiles that will soon reach the USA”.
Trump’s statements were made while dealing with Iran, which did not result in an agreement.
A senior Iranian official told Reuters that the country if the Americans recognized its right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes and lifted economic sanctions.
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