The Middle East is the hottest region in the world politically and economically, Nowadays, Middle Eastern countries are the center of political conflicts and the source of most of the energy, oil, natural resources, and geostrategic locations.
there are huge conflicts between the Middle Eastern countries, but these conflicts didn't affect the aviation sector as much as the bad effects caused by a new generation of coronavirus, as flying through the Middle East became complicated and required planning for your route, hundreds of flights have been canceled, millions of middle eastern citizens are prohibited to travel in the middle east, which causes loses in the general business. Here we will introduce some of the new regulations issued by Civil Aviation in the Middle East.
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Lebanon:
Lebanon Civil Aviation stopped any flight operating from or to the following countries: China, South Korea, Italy, and Iran, also prevented any transit passenger who is coming from the mentioned countries from using Lebanon as a transit station.
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Iraq :
Iraq Civil Aviation stopped any flight operating from or to the following countries: China, South Korea, Italy, and Iran as well. Most of the flights of different Iraqi airlines have been suspended due to the ban on flights from Iraq as well.
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Kuwait :
Kuwait Civil Aviation also has suspended
flights from, China, Iran, South Korea, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, and
Iraq
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Bahrain :
Bahrain CAA issued an official NOTAMS declaring the stopping of any private or commercial flights from Iraq, Lebanon, Dubai, and Sharjah
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Saudi Arabia:
Saudi GACA has banned any Commercial or private jet from transferring passengers from the following countries: China, Hong Kong, Iran, Italy, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Philippines, Singapore, India, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Somalia, Vietnam. Also, the Saudi government decided to 'temporarily' stop travel to Mecca and Medina for pilgrims, which caused chaos and disasters for thousands of travel agents around the world
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United Arab Emirates:
UAE suspended all flights from China, Iran, and Bahrain and the list of banned countries may be expanded based on the virus-expanding situation.
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Jordan:
Jordan CAA Suspended all flights operating to Iran and Baghdad Airport temporarily, while flights to other Iraqi cities were not affected and operating normally.
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Oman:
The
Omani Public Authority of Civil Aviation (PACA) has suspended all civilian
flights to and from China and Iran. Additionally, at all ports of entry into Oman, travelers are required to
complete a travel history declaration form to submit for inspection with Omani
officials. If COVID-19 continues to spread internationally, PACA may introduce
additional flight restrictions.
- Qatar:
Qatar Airways has suspended all flights to China, Seoul, Isfahan, Mashhad, Shiraz, and Tehran temporarily.
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Turkey:
Turkish Airlines has suspended its flights
to Nakhichevan, China, and Iran, foreign people who were in China or Iran's
northern city of Qom in the last 14 days will not be granted entry to Turkey.
it is worth mentioning that, most countries in the Middle East and all over the world restrict any passenger regardless of nationality, If he/she is in Iran, China, or any other infected country, the local authorities generally prevent them from entering unless they have spent at least 14 days outside the infected country or quarantined them for 14 days.
If you require any further information or any help with your flights to the Middle East, please don’t hesitate to contact the IFPLS team: at ops@ifpls.aero.
NB:
This Article Published on 29-Feb-20
Some or all above information may be not
valid after a while of time, and such temporary regulations related to COVID-19 may
be changed at any time.
For information or confirmation about the NOTAMS
related to this article, please contact: ops@ifpls.aero
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