Air traffic disturbed throughout the region – Liberation

Direct consequences for night strikes. After the multiple Israeli attacks on Iranian soil, in particular targeting nuclear installations and ballistic missile factories in the country, The airspace of the region is disturbed, While Iran has promised a response without « No limit ».

The Islamic Republic and the Hebrew State have decided to close their air space this Friday until further notice. Before you intercepted « About 100 drones » Iranian reprisals on Friday morning, the Israeli Ministry of Transport had confirmed this closure overnight. Airport authorities have asked travelers not to come to Ben Gurion airport – the country’s main international airport – and Israeli air defense units are on maximum alert.

In neighboring countries, the situation is just as critical. The Jordanian army said this Friday that it had intercepted drones and missiles having violated its airspace. « Royal Air Force planes and air defense systems intercepted a number of missiles and drones that entered Jordanian airspace on Friday morning, », « , said the army in a statement. Earlier, sirens had sounded in Amman, the capital, and the government, which closed its airspace, called on the inhabitants not to leave their homes. « Jordan has not allowed, and will not allow the slightest violation of its airspace »government spokesman Mohammad Mumani said on Friday, reaffirming that « The kingdom will not be a battlefield for any conflict whatsoever. »

The Iraq, which had just inaugurated in early June the reopening of one of its airports destroyed by the Islamic State in Mosul in the North West of the country, also announced to close its airspace. East Iraq, near the border with Iran, is home to one of the most popular air corridors in the world, with dozens of flights between Europe and the Gulf, and many flights between Asia and Europe.

Israeli airlines EL AL, Israir and Arkia said on Friday that they moved their planes outside the country. According to the Reuters news agency, the planes were transported without passengers, said a spokesperson for Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, which closed its doors on Friday until further notice. Israir said that she was evacuating and shifted her airport planes – without specifying where – adding that it was part of an emergency plan developed in recent days.

Other airlines in the Gulf have canceled several flights from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Iran and Syria. Emirates, the largest airline in the Middle East based in Dubai, announced this Friday the cancellation of its flights from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Iran. On the air carrier’s website, several flights scheduled for Friday, and a flight scheduled for Saturday for Tehran, are displayed as canceled.

Qatar Airways, state company and other large regional carrier, also assured having « Temporarily canceled its flights to Iran and Iraq due to the current situation in the region ». Abu Dhabi Airport, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, warned against « Flight disturbances » expected « Throughout the day ». And even cases in Dubai international airports, which share« Cancellations or postpones due to closings in air spaces in Iran, Iraq and Syria »according to a press release posted on X.

For international companies outside the Middle East, Air France announced this Friday the suspension of its flights between Paris and Tel Aviv « Until new order » hasBeing to specify that the customers concerned can change their tickets at no cost. Dutch airline KLM has canceled all its flights to Tel Aviv until at least July 1. The German Lufthansa, for its part, announced that its flights to Tehran were suspended until further notice and that it would avoid Iranian, Iraqi and Israeli air spaces for the moment.

Ajet, a subsidiary of Turkish Airlines, canceled its flights to Iran, Iraq and Jordan until Monday morning. The Russian airline Aeroflot has also canceled flights between Moscow and Tehran and changed other routes in the Middle East. And Air India, which fly over Iran for its flights to Europe and North America, assured that several flights were confused or returned to their original point, notably from New York, Vancouver, Chicago and London.

« Traffic is now diverted either to the south via Egypt and Saudi Arabia, or to the north via Turkey, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan »according to Safe Airspace, a website managed by OPSGroup, an associative organization that shares information on the risk linked to flights. The flights of six airlines, including Etihad Airways and Turkish Airlines, were diverted to Bakou, Azerbaijan, according to his International Airport Heydar Aliyev.

Last year, according to Eurocontrol data, the airspace of the Middle East was crossed daily by 1,400 flights to destination and from Europe.