Countries with closed airspace

Due to the devastating effects of the Iran - Israel war, the situation in the Middle East countries is now hotter than ever, resulting in great losses in human life and material possessions. Besides, flight routes in this area also have problems because they face a complete ban or airspace restrictions:

+ The two countries directly involved in the war have different ways of handling airspace to minimize possible damage. With Iran, this country closed its airspace for all civil flights; Meanwhile, Israel decided to close its airspace and restrict flights after canceling all commercial flights.

+ Countries in the affected area also came up with solutions to limit risks such as: Iraq closed part of its airspace in parallel with flight restrictions, Jordan decided to close completely to ensure security, Qatar issued a temporary shutdown order leading to the suspension of Qatar Airways operations, Bahrain, similar to Iran, closed the airspace for civil flights, and finally the United Arab Emirates (UAE) restricted airspace. when the war broke out, many airlines in Abu Dhabi/Dubai had to suspend takeoff.

It can be seen that due to the war, flight routes for commercial or civil purposes have also been greatly affected, leading to many consequences later.

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The situation of airlines

Based on the unstable situation in the Middle East, some airlines have issued an announcement to suspend or cancel all flights passing through the airspace in the Middle East, Iran and Israel:

+ For airlines in the Middle East and the Gulf region:

Qatar Airways (QR) suspends flights due to the closure of Qatar's airspace.

Etihad Airways (EY) decided to cancel many international flights because of delayed takeoff from Abu Dhabi for many hours.

Emirates (EK) had to cancel and postpone many flights to and from areas with closed airspace.

Kuwait Airways (KU) completely suspends flights to Iran.

+ For international airlines in other countries:

Air India (AI) and IndiGo (6E) from India have suspended all flights to the Middle East; similarly, European/American routes are also affected and required to stay away from the airspace of war zones.

Lufthansa (LH) of Germany has also made a decision to cancel many flights to the Middle East (Dubai, Tel Aviv, Beirut and Oman).