Middle East is the hottest region in the world politically
and economically, now adays, Middle east countries are the center of the
political conflicts and the source of most of the energy, oil, natural resources
and geostrategic locations.
there is huge conflicts between the Middle east countries, but these conflicts
didn't affect the aviation sector as much as the bad effects caused by new
generation of Corona Virus, as flying through the Middle East became complicated
and require advance 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 regulation issued by the Civil Aviation’s 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 to use Lebanon as 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 banning flights from Iraq as well.
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Kuwait :
Kuwait civil Aviation also have 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 stopping any private or commercial flights from Iraq, Lebanon, Dubai
and Sharjah
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Saudi Arabia:
Saudi GACA have 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, Philippine, Singapore, India, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen,
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Somalia, Vietnam. Also, Saudi government toke the decision to 'temporarily'
stops travel to Mecca and Medina for pilgrims, which causes a 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,
Bahrain and the list of banned countries maybe 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.
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Qatar
Qatar Airways has suspended all flights China,
Seoul, Isfahan, Mashhad, Shiraz and Tehran temporarily.
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Turkey
Turkish airlines has suspended its flights
to Nakhichevan, China, 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 of countries in the middle east and all over the world restricting any passenger regardless of his nationality, if he/she was in Iran, China or any other infected country, the local authorities are generally preventing them from entering unless they have spent at least 14 days outside the infected country or quarantined them for 14 days.
If you may require any further information,
or any help with your flights to the middle east, please don’t hesitate to contact
IFPLS team : [email protected]
NB:
This Article Published on 29-Feb-20
Some or all above information maybe not
valid after while of time, 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: [email protected]
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