Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific has extended the suspension of all passenger flights to Dubai and Riyadh until after November.
The airline, named the world’s second-best by AirlineRatings in its World’s Best Airlines rankings for 2026, said in a statement on Friday that flights to the cities were canceled up to and including Nov. 30 due to “the latest developments in West Asia.”
“Affected travellers will be offered the flexibility to rebook, reroute or refund their tickets,” it said in the statement, adding that it will continue to closely monitor the situation.
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A Cathay Pacific Airways Airbus A350-900 airplane approaches to land at Changi International Airport in Singapore, June 10, 2018. Photo by Reuters |
The move comes as tensions in the region flare again, with the U.S. and Iran engaged in a fresh exchange of strikes, according to AsiaOne.
Cathay initially suspended flights to Dubai and Riyadh on Feb. 28, when the conflict first broke out.
It later announced in early July that it would gradually resume passenger and freighter services to the Middle East from September but subsequently delayed the resumption until late October, the South China Morning Post reported.
It also abandoned its earlier plan to restart freighter services to Riyadh from Aug. 1 without providing a new timeline.