American Airlines, United Airlines Extend Middle East Flight Cancellations
6/25/25 UPDATE: American Airlines and United Airlines have extended their suspension of service to the Middle East.
American Airlines has extended its pause in service between Philadelphia (PHL) and Doha (DOH) until June 20, 2025:
- AA120 PHL-DOH: Flights canceled June 18 through June 30
- AA121 DOH-PHL: Flights canceled June 20 through July 3
United Airlines has extended its pause in service between Newark (EWR) and Dubai (DXB) until July 3, 2025:
- UA164 EWR-DXB: Flights canceled June 18 through July 2
- UA163 DXB-EWR: Flights canceled June 20 through July 5
United’s service to Tel Aviv (TLV) remains suspended through August 1, 2025.
The original story from June 19, 2025 is below.
As war between Iran and Israel enters its seventh day and the U.S. considers involvement, American Airlines and United Airlines have paused their flights to the Middle East beyond Israel.
American Airlines Suspends Doha Service, United Airlines Suspends Dubai Service
Both American and United (Delta Air Lines does not currently fly to the Middle East beyond Tel Aviv) are pausing all service to the Middle East.
American Airlines Pauses Doha Service
American Airlines has suspended service between Philadelphia and Doha after the Doha – Philadelphia flight took off this morning:
- AA120 PHL-DOH
- June 17: Flight departed and landed in DOH
- June 18-22: Flights have been cancelled
- AA121 DOH-PHL
- June 19: Flight departed and landed in PHL
- June 20-24: Flights have been cancelled
American says:
American Airlines has made adjustments to its Doha, Qatar (DOH) operation, temporarily suspending flights between DOH and Philadelphia (PHL) until Sunday, June 22. We will continue to monitor the situation with safety and security top of mind and make any additional adjustments as needed.
American Airlines has suspended Tel Aviv service since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023.
United Airlines Pauses Dubai Service
Meanwhile, United Airlines has suspended service between Newark and Dubai after the Dubai – Newark flight took off this morning:
- UA164 EWR-DXB
- June 17: Flight departed and landed in DXB
- June 18-22: Flights have been cancelled
- UA163 DXB-EWR
- June 19: Flight departed and landed in EWR
- June 20-24: Flights have been cancelled
United says:
Due to ongoing conflict in the region, we are pausing service between EWR and DXB (Dubai) starting June 18. Flights to DXB will be cancelled through June 22.
United suspended to Amman, Jordan (AMM) in August 2024 and currently has no plans to resume service.
> Read More: United Airlines Suspends Amman Service Through End Of Schedule
CONCLUSION
With a Middle East war now in full swing between regional powers, American and United have taken the precautionary move of suspending service to Doha and Dubai (respectively). Although the service is currently only suspended until June 22, 2025, I would expect that the pause in service will continue for several weeks, if not longer.