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Middle East operation

2 April

We understand that the continuing situation in the Middle East remains worrying for many of our customers, particularly those planning travel in the months ahead. Due to ongoing uncertainty and airspace restrictions, some of our flights in the region have been cancelled or temporarily suspended, including services to and from Abu Dhabi, Amman, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai, Tel Aviv, and Riyadh.

To give customers greater peace of mind, we’re extending the flexibility available to those with bookings to these destinations.

Your refund options

If you’re booked to travel to or from any of the destinations listed above up to and including 31 October 2026, you can now request a full refund, even if your flight is still scheduled to operate.

This applies to tickets:

• Issued by 1 April 2026
• For travel between 28 February and 31 October 2026

Changing your plans instead

For travel from 02 June, if you’d prefer to travel at a later date, you can also choose to change your booking without a change fee. You can:

• Move your journey to a later date on the same route, or
• Rebook onto a different British Airways route

Any fare difference may apply.

These options are available for customers originally due to travel up to and including 31 October 2026, to or from Abu Dhabi, Amman, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai, Tel Aviv, Jeddah and Riyadh.

We’re here to help.

We continue to monitor the situation closely and are contacting affected customers directly with the latest information and available options. Your safety is always our highest priority, and we would never operate a flight unless it was safe to do so.

31 March

Following disruption due to events in the Middle East, we’ve added additional flights to and from London and Singapore, London and Bangkok and London and the Maldives throughout the rest of March and April to further support customers. A third daily flight between London and Mumbai will run in May. Customers can book onto these flights on ba.com or by contacting the airline they were originally booked to travel with.  

• Additional flight capacity: 
  • London Heathrow to Male – 3 April, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 12 April
  • Male to London Heathrow – 4 April, 6, 7, 9, 11 and 13 April 

16 March 16:00

Due to the continuing uncertainty of the situation in the Middle East and airspace instability, and to provide more clarity to our customers, we’ve extended the temporary reduction in our flying schedule in the region.

We’re keeping the situation under constant review and are directly in touch with affected customers to offer them a range of options.

Since the situation in the Middle East began, we’ve helped thousands of customers return home and operated eight relief flights from Muscat in Oman. We are also operating additional flights to and from Singapore (x4) and Bangkok (x3) and continue to review options to bring back more customers who have been disrupted.

13 March 15:30 

Following disruption due to events in the Middle East, we’ve added additional flights between London and Singapore and Bangkok next week to further support our customers.   

Customers can book onto these flights on ba.com or by contacting the airline they were originally booked to travel with. 

We’re keeping our schedule under constant review and are offering customers impacted by the disruption a range of options. 

12 March 16:00

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’re keeping the situation under constant review and are in touch with our customers to offer them a range of options. 

Since the situation in the Middle East began, we’ve helped thousands of customers return home including operating eight relief flights from Muscat in Oman. These flights have now paused but will be kept under continuous review. 

10 March 14:00

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. We’re keeping the situation under constant review and are in touch with our customers to offer them a range of options. 

We have limited seats remaining on our repatriation flights from Oman (Muscat) to London Heathrow on 11 and 12 March for customers with an existing booking. Following these dates, the flights will pause due to reduced demand but will be kept under continuous review. 

6 March 12:00

We have scheduled further flights from Oman (Muscat) to London Heathrow departing at 02:30 local time on 9, 10, 11 and 12 March. These flights are for BA customers who are in Oman or the UAE with an existing booking. If you wish to travel on these flights, please contact us via our dedicated phone line on +44 203 467 3854. Our teams will also be getting in touch with BA customers directly via email. 

We are constantly reviewing the situation and will continue to do everything we can to support our customers and colleagues in the region and remain in regular contact with them.  

Please continue to follow the latest safety advice from local authorities and the UK Foreign Office. Please do not travel to the airport unless you have a confirmed booking.  

Please find further information below.

5 March 14:00

British Airways’ flight from Muscat, Oman on 8 March is now fully booked. We are constantly reviewing the situation and will continue to do everything we can to support our customers and colleagues in the region, and if we are able to, we will add additional services. 

5 March 13:00

We have scheduled a further flight from Oman (Muscat) to London Heathrow departing at 02:30 local time on 8 March. This flight is for BA customers who are in Oman or the UAE with an existing booking. If you wish to travel on this flight, please contact us via our dedicated phone line on +44 203 467 3854. Our teams will also be getting in touch with BA customers directly via email. 

Please continue to follow the latest safety advice from local authorities and the UK Foreign Office. Please do not travel to the airport unless you have a confirmed booking.  

Please find further information below.

4 March 14:15

Flights from Muscat on 5, 6 and 7 March are now fully booked. We will continue to review the situation and if we are able to, we will add additional services. 

4 March 12:00 

We remain unable to operate flights from Abu Dhabi, Amman, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai and Tel Aviv.  

The UK Government advice has now been updated to note that: “commercial options are available to depart the region, and if your presence in the UAE is not essential, you may wish to consider departing, if you judge you can access these options safely”.  

We have scheduled further flights from Oman (Muscat) to London Heathrow departing on 6 and 7 March. Flights are for our customers with an existing booking who are in Oman or the UAE. If you wish to travel on one of these flights, please contact us via our dedicated phone line on +44 203 467 3854. Our teams will also be getting in touch with our customers directly via email. 

We are constantly reviewing the situation and will continue to do everything we can to support our customers and colleagues in the region and remain in regular contact with them.  

Please continue to follow the latest safety advice from local authorities and the UK Foreign Office. Please do not travel to the airport unless you have a confirmed booking. 

Once again, thank you for your patience while we work through this ever-changing situation.  

3 March 12:00

We are closely monitoring the situation and have cancelled a number of our flights to the Middle East. Safety is always our top priority and we would never operate a flight unless it was safe to do so.

If you are due to fly between London Heathrow and Abu Dhabi, Amman, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai, Tel Aviv or Riyadh up to and including 15 March you can change your flight date free of charge to travel on or before 29 March. 

Customers travelling up to and including 15 March may also request a full refund in Manage My Booking.

If you are travelling between London and Larnaca up to and including 15 March, you can change your flight date free of charge to travel on or before 29 March.

Customers booked to travel to these destinations up to and including 15 March can change their booking to a different route and travel until 29 March. There’s no change fee, but a fare difference will apply.

All other flights are continuing to operate as normal. Please check your flight status for the latest information before you travel.

Thank you for your understanding and patience, and we look forward to welcoming you on board soon.