CANCELED FLIGHTS: Turkey extends most Mideast flight cancellations

Turkey suspends flights to several Middle Eastern countries due to regional attacks, while routes to Saudi Arabia and Oman are set to resume.

Reuters

2 March 2026 at 12:57:25

CANCELED FLIGHTS: Turkey extends most Mideast flight cancellations

An image of a Turkish plane on the runway courtesy of Alireza Akhlaghi/Unsplash via Wix.

Alireza Akhlaghi/Unsplash via Wix

Turkey canceled all Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon flights until Friday over attacks in the region, while all planned flights to Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates were canceled until Tuesday.

On the other hand, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said on Monday that flights would resume to Saudi Arabia's Riyadh, Jeddah and Medina airports, as well as to Oman.

A Turkish Airlines and a Pegasus Airlines planes were grounded in Tehran, and personnel from the two airlines were safely brought back to Turkey, he said, adding other personnel from Turkish airlines in Qatar, Bahrain, and the UAE were not at risk.

-Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu; Editing by Jonathan Spicer/Reuters