PARIS, March 1 — Flights across the Middle East were cancelled Saturday as several countries closed their airspace after the United States and Israel launched strikes on...
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— Reuters picand enjoy FREE RM10 & when you sign up using code VERSAMM10 with min. cash of RM100 today! T&Cs apply.PARIS, March 1 — Flights across the Middle East were cancelled Saturday as several countries closed their airspace after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran. Iran, Iraq, Israel, Syria, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates all announced at least partial closures of their skies in the hours after smoke began rising over Tehran and Iran began retaliatory attacks in the region. Iranian missiles hit capital cities around the wealthy Gulf region, killing at least one, as witnesses reported seeing warplanes and projectiles streaking through the skies. Carriers including Air France, Air India, Turkish Airlines, Norwegian, Air Algerie and Lufthansa announced widespread cancellations. According to aviation analytics company Cirium, of around 4,218 flights scheduled to land in Middle Eastern countries on Saturday, 966 were cancelled, with the figure rising above 1,800 if also including outbound flights.Flight tracking website FlightAware meanwhile said more than 19,000 flights had been delayed globally and more than 2,600 were cancelled as of 0230 GMT Sunday.– Iran swiftly closed its airspace as the strikes began “until further notice”, said the spokesman of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation, quoted by the Tasnim news agency.– Qatar’s civil aviation authority said it had temporarily closed the Gulf state’s airspace.– The United Arab Emirates said it was closing its skies “partially and temporarily”. – Syria closed part of its airspace in the south along the border with Israel for 12 hours, the Civil Aviation Authority said. – Gulf carriers: Emirates and Etihad cancelled 38 per cent and 30 per cent of their flights respectively, Cirium said. – Qatar Airways: suspended all flights from Doha. Cancelled 41 per cent of total flights, according to Cirium.– Delta Air Lines: suspended New York-Tel Aviv flights until Sunday.– Russia’s air transport authority Rosaviatsia said all commercial flights to Israel and Iran were cancelled “until further notice”.– Pakistan International Airlines: the flag carrier of Pakistan, which borders Iran, said it had suspended flights to the UAE, Bahrain, Doha and Kuwait. – Ariana Afghan Airlines: cancelled a Kabul-Dubai flight and a Kabul-Mazar-i-Sharif-Jeddah flight Saturday.– Turkish Airlines: suspended flights to 10 Middle East nations. “Flights to Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Jordan have been cancelled until March 2,” said a spokesman. Flights to Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE and Oman were only suspended for the day. – Air France: cancelled its Dubai, Riyadh and Beirut flights for Saturday, and flights to Tel Aviv until Sunday, saying it would provide schedule updates later. – British Airways: not flying to Tel Aviv and Bahrain until March 4, flight to Jordanian capital Amman cancelled on Saturday.The Swiss flag carrier said it was “also cancelling the flights from Zurich to Dubai” scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. – Lufthansa: cancelled its flights to and from Tel Aviv, Beirut, Amman, Erbil and Tehran until March 7. The German airline group, which comprises Swiss and ITA Airways, said it and its subsidiaries were also suspending flights to and from Dubai and Abu Dhabi until Sunday.– Finnair: suspended daily flights to Dubai and Doha until March 6.“We will then assess if it’s possible to resume flights,” the budget carrier told AFP. – Wizz Air: Hungary’s low–cost carrier suspended “all flights to and from Israel, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman until March 7 inclusive” and cancelled flights to Saudi Arabia until March 2. – Garuda Indonesia: Indonesia’s flag carrier temporarily suspended flights to and from Doha “until further notice”, the company said in a statement Sunday. — AFP
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