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View all search resultsGaruda Indonesia suspends flights from and to Doha
"Garuda Indonesia continues to actively coordinate with aviation authorities and relevant stakeholders to monitor the evolving situation," the company said in a statement Sunday.
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A Garuda Indonesia airplane parks at Terminal 3 of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, on June 25. National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia is set to launch chartered flights to five cities in China, starting this month until March. (JP/Wienda Parwitasari)
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aruda Indonesia has temporarily suspended flights to and from Doha "until further notice," the company said in a statement, following US-Israel airstrikes and Iran's retaliation.
"Garuda Indonesia continues to actively coordinate with aviation authorities and relevant stakeholders to monitor the evolving situation," the company said in a statement Sunday.
The airline's other international routes continue to operate normally, Garuda said, adding that it did not "traverse any airspace affected by the conflict."
Major Middle Eastern airports, including Dubai, the world’s busiest international travel hub, were shut on Saturday after US and Israeli strikes on Iran and Iranian missile retaliation rippled through the region, unleashing one of the most severe disruptions to global aviation in years.
Dubai's international airport, which handles more than 1,000 flights a day, sustained damage during an overnight Iranian retaliatory attack on sites across the Arab Gulf states, while Abu Dhabi and Kuwait's international airports were also hit.
Major regional gateways including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi were closed as countries across the Middle East shut their airspace following the strikes and Iran’s retaliation. Flight maps showed skies over Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Israel and Bahrain virtually empty, while airlines across Europe and the Middle East announced sweeping cancellations.
Dubai and neighbouring Doha sit at the crossroads of east‑west air travel, funnelling long‑haul traffic between Europe and Asia through a tightly scheduled network of connecting flights. Any prolonged shutdown of its airports ripples far beyond the region, forcing airlines worldwide to reroute or cancel services.
"The scale of these hubs today is just so enormous. You will have hundreds of thousands of people being stuck in wrong parts of the world without any certainty as to when they can move," said UK-based aviation analyst John Strickland.
"It hits at so many levels. There is the immediate issue of what happens today and the ricochet effect of how long this persists," Strickland added, noting that major Gulf airlines, like Emirates and Qatar Airways, are also among the world's biggest cargo operators.
Dubai Airports suspended all flights at Dubai International and at Al Maktoum International until further notice, urging passengers not to travel.
