CANCELED FLIGHTS: Spain's Iberia Express cancels flight to Tel Aviv after US, Israel launch strike in Iran

Iberia Express cancels Saturday’s Tel Aviv flight and reroutes Madrid service due to Middle East tensions following US-Israel strikes on Iran.

Reuters

28 February 2026 at 09:49:19

Smoke rises following an explosion, after Israel and the U.S. launched strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, February 28, 2026

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Spanish airline Iberia Express cancelled a flight to Tel Aviv scheduled for Saturday at 1700 local time after US and Israel launched a strike in Iran, a company spokesperson told Reuters.

Iberia Express is the low-cost airline of the Iberia Group IBLA.MC. A spokesperson from the group also confirmed Doha's airspace has been closed and a flight from Madrid had to turn around.

At present, cancellations only extend to Saturday, but the company will provide further updates at a later date, it said.

-Reporting by Ana Cantero, editing by Aislin Laing/Reuters

Spanish airline Iberia Express cancelled a flight to Tel Aviv scheduled for Saturday at 1700 local time after US and Israel launched a strike in Iran, a company spokesperson told Reuters.