British Airways has cancelled all flights to numerous parts of the Middle East amid the Iran conflict.
In an announcement today, the airline said all flights to and from Amman, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai and Tel Aviv this month have been cancelled.
All flights to and from Abu Dhabi won’t run until ‘later this 12 months’.
British Airways said the stripped-back flight schedule was as a consequence of ‘continuing uncertainty’ within the Middle East and ‘airspace instability’.
The statement said that the airline can be suspending its day by day rescue flights from Muscat after Thursday as a consequence of reduced demand.
It added: ‘We’re keeping the situation under constant review and are in contact with our customers to supply them a spread of options.
‘…We’re in contact with customers who we consider proceed to be within the [United Arab Emirates] to support them and supply options for travel to the UK.
‘We’re asking customers who’ve made alternative arrangements to tell us.’
The airline warned customers that scammers are impersonating the corporate and asking for private information and payment details.
Users responding to British Airways’ update on X were flooded by phoney BA customer support accounts.
All typically asked impacted passengers to message them with their name, email, mobile number and even home address.
Countries within the Middle East have responded to the US and Israel-led attack on Iran by closing a key corridor of airspace.
Major airlines have cancelled hundreds of flights or scrambled to divert them away from affected areas.
Some, resembling Emirates, at the moment are running a reduced flight schedule.
Airports within the Middle East are among the many world’s busiest, often acting as connection hubs for tens of hundreds of international travellers.
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