Airline Troubles Mount as Flight Cancellations Top 23,000

Описание: The financial and logistical troubles the Iran war is causing for the global aviation industry are compounding by the day, with the number of canceled flights to Middle East hubs surpassing 23,000 since fighting began.
Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, extended its suspension of flights to Dubai through the end of Saturday, a full week since the US and Israel launched their joint attack. Qatar Airways extended its service halts into Friday.
Of the 36,000 scheduled flights to or from the Middle East since Feb. 28, more than half have been canceled, analytics firm Cirium Ltd. said Wednesday. That equates to about 4.4 million seats.
Thousands of passengers have been stranded in the Gulf region, forcing many to take circuitous, expensive routes to reach functioning airports in Saudi Arabia and Oman. The United Arab Emirates is establishing safe air corridors to allow for as many as 48 flights an hour, the economy ministry said.Bloomberg's Benedikt Kammel joins to discuss on Bloomberg Intelligence.
Here is a list of airlines that have announced adjustments to their regional flight schedules:
Air India
Airline is laying on additional flights.
Between March 5-11, the airline is operating three additional flights between Delhi and Toronto.
Between March 7-10, three extra flights between Delhi and Frankfurt, one extra Delhi-Paris service.
Running Delhi and Mumbai flights via Jeddah on March 5.
Air India said it’s examining running additional flights beyond March 11 in response to high demand and the loss of flights run by Middle East carriers.
Air France-KLM
Air France suspended flights to and from Dubai and Riyadh through March 6, and to and from Tel Aviv and Beirut through March 8, according to its website Wednesday.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines suspended the remainder of its winter season flights to and from Tel Aviv, starting Sunday. It also halted flights to and from Dammam and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Dubai until March 6, according to a notice published on its website.
British Airways
Suspended service to Abu Dhabi, Amman, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai and Tel Aviv.
The airline added daily flights between London and Muscat, Oman, on Friday and Saturday after previously offering service on Thursday. All are fully booked.
Cathay Pacific
Canceled services to and from Dubai and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — where the airspace remains open — until March 14.
China Southern
Flights between Dubai and Guangzhou, Wuhan, Shenzhen and Urumqi are canceled until March 5, the airline said on its WeChat account.
Services between Riyadh and Shenzhen, Guangzhou are paused, as are flights between Doha and Beijing, Guangzhou.
Subramania Bhatt, chief executive officer of China Trading Desk, a marketing technology company, said Chinese flyers have canceled more than 77,000 trips to UAE in recent days, translating to a loss of at least $170 million in travel spending.
Delta Air Lines
Flights between New York and Tel Aviv are suspended through at least March 22, according to its website.
Emirates
The world’s largest international airline extended the suspension of flights to and from Dubai through March 7.
Emirates has scrapped more than 2,000 flights since Saturday, among the most severe disruptions ever for a carrier that prides itself on round-the-clock operations and resilience.
While the airline has started some limited operations to evacuate people from Dubai, regular commercial flights are canceled.
Etihad
Extended its suspension of Abu Dhabi flights to March 6.
A limited number of repositioning, cargo and repatriation flights are operating.
Finnair
Services between Helsinki-Doha on pause until at least March 6, though Qatari airspace remains completely closed to traffic.
Operations to and from Dubai are canceled through March 28.
IndiGo
Budget carrier commenced flights to Athens, Muscat and Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah and Madinah.
It’s also running select repatriation flights to the UAE, it said in a social media post Wednesday.


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