Airlines across the Middle East are adjusting schedules, extending route suspensions, and rerouting flight paths as regional airspace instability continues to disrupt travel during the peak summer season.
Major hub airports in the United Arab Emirates remain open, but carriers including Etihad Airways, Air Arabia, and Qatar Airways have cancelled or extended suspensions on select regional routes.
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International operators have also revised flight frequencies into key Gulf destinations.
Emirates has maintained most of its scheduled network from Dubai without major cancellations.
However, services to regional destinations such as Kuwait, Bahrain, and Amman have experienced select flight cancellations.
Flight EK225 to San Francisco was forced to divert to London Heathrow due to an onboard medical emergency.
Etihad Airways cancelled select services from Abu Dhabi to Bahrain and Kuwait for operational reasons.
Air Arabia suspended multiple regional departures out of Sharjah and Abu Dhabi targeting routes to Kuwait, Bahrain, and Abha.
Qatar Airways formally extended its flight suspensions covering routes to Bahrain, Kuwait, and Erbil through August 7, 2026.
Despite the regional halts, the carrier resumed daily nonstop operations between Doha and Philadelphia on August 1, restoring its North American coverage to 14 destinations.
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Budget carrier flydubai reported no widespread network cancellations. It resumed three weekly flights to Budapest and expanded capacity to Milan Bergamo.
Saudi carrier Riyadh Air inaugurated its first Southeast Asian connection on July 30 with nonstop flights linking Riyadh and Kuala Lumpur.
