British Airways cancels hundreds of flights 'until later this year' with major cities impactedThe scale of the disruption to aviation caused by the US and Israeli attack on Iran has been enormous. BA bosses have decided to ground all flights to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates until "later this year". ‌"Due to the continuing uncertainty of the situation in the Middle East and airspace instability, we’ve had to temporarily reduce our flying schedule in the region. We’ve cancelled all flights to and from Amman, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai and Tel Aviv until later this month and to and from Abu Dhabi until later this year. Of the 4,783 flights scheduled for today, 1,107 were or are expected to be cancelled.

Source: Daily Mirror March 11, 2026 15:19 UTC