While most North American airlines have canceled flights due to the snowstorm that hit most of the East Coast, international carriers flying long-haul routes have rerouted and suspended flights over growing tensions between the U.S. and Iran.

U.S. President Donald Trump warned that an American “armada” was headed to the country on Jan. 23 in response to the government crackdown on spreading protests, NBC News reported. As a result, aviation regulators in North America, Europe, and Asia instructed airlines to reroute away from Iranian airspace.

A senior Iranian official issued a statement saying that any U.S. efforts to interfere would be interpreted “as an all-out war against us,” according to Reuters.

Dutch flag carrier KLM suspended all of its flights to Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates until Jan. 26. Passengers on affected routes will not be rebooked until the situation stabilizes and it resumes flights. Travelers can either wait to be rebooked or request a refund from the airline through the KLM website.

“Currently avoiding the airspace of Iran, Iraq and Israel as a precaution”

“Due to the geopolitical situation, KLM is currently avoiding the airspace of Iran, Iraq and Israel as a precaution, as well as the airspace over several countries in the Gulf region,” the airline said in a statement.

“This means that, until further notice, we will not be operating flights to Dubai, Riyadh, Dammam and Tel Aviv.”

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Air France, which is part of the same Air France-KLM umbrella, has restarted some service to Dubai International Airport (DXB) after suspending flights at the end of the week, due to similar concerns about U.S. escalation. The airline says it is “monitoring developments” in the region.

The three major American airlines of Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, and American Airlines already faced an ongoing Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) order to avoid Iranian airspace, so any flights to the region run on different routes. The order has been in place since the 2019 shooting down of an American drone, The New York Times noted.

KLM had the largest number of flight cancellations due to the risk of escalation in Iran.

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British Airways and German flag carrier Lufthansa both also suspended flights to the region. The decision of the latter airline conglomerate also includes flights on subsidiary airlines such as Austrian Airlines and Swiss International Airlines.

Other airlines that made the call to either reroute or cancel flights include Luxembourg’s Luxair, Italy’s ITA Airways, Canada’s flag carrier Air Canada, and Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air.

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“Therefore some westbound flights from Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports will have to make (refuelling and crew change) stops in Larnaca, Cyprus or Thessaloniki, Greece,” an airline’s representative said in a statement.

As some flights to the area resumed over the weekend of Jan. 24-25, airlines are encouraging travelers to continue to monitor their booking through the site or app.

On Jan. 21, Lufthansa suspended all operations to Tehran until March 29, while also switching flights to Israel and Jordan from night to daytime hours throughout January.

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