British Airways and Singapore Air Airways abolish Dubai flights after the American bombs Iran

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British Airways and Singapore Airlines canceled flights to Dubai after the United States struck three nuclear sites in Iran, adding to Recently widespread spread For air travel, where tankers avoid conflict areas in the Middle East.

More than 150 pregnant women including Air France-KLM, American Airlines and Japan Airlines converted or suspended flights after the airspace was closed to Israel, Iraq and Jordan due to the war between Israel and Iran.

Donald Trump resolution Iran’s strike on Saturday – which comes slightly more than a week after Israel fired missiles in Tehran – the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East and brings the danger of Iranian revenge against the United States.

For airlines, analysts said the latest turmoil adds to challenges to European transport companies in particular, as they were already avoiding Russian airspace of flights to Asia due to the war between Russia and Ukraine.

A British flight that left London Heathrow was transferred to Dubai at 9:53 pm on Saturday and landed in Zurich after nine hours, according to data from Flightradar24, air traffic tracking site.

The flights to Doha were also canceled on Saturday, while all bachelor’s flights were suspended to Dubai and Doha on Sunday. The UK transport company has already stopped flights to Bahrain until June 30.

“As a result of recent events, we have modified our trips schedule to ensure the safety of our customers and our crews,” said Ba.

Singapore Airlines said it had canceled two flights between Singapore and Dubai on Sunday after “a security evaluation of the geopolitical situation in the Middle East.”

There have been more than 3000 flights daily in the Middle East since the outbreak of the Iran war, Iran, according to Flightradar24. Its data showed that the airspace is widely clear on Iran, Iraq and Syria, as flights have been redirected through Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Just a few days before strikes, US Airlines, United Airlines and Venner canceled all flights to Doha or Dubai.

Earlier on Sunday, Israel closed its airspace, but the local carrier Arkia said it was planning to resume rescue trips to return the Israeli ways to the external once the airspace was reopened at 2 pm, according to the Israel newspaper.

FLIGHTRADAR24 said that commercial air traffic in the Middle East has not shown other signs of turmoil after the US bombings.

“The United States’ attacks on Iranian nuclear installations, commercial traffic in the region has been working, as happened since new restrictions were placed in the airspace last week,” she said on social media.