Airlines moved to cancel flights between Cyprus and a number of regional destinations on Saturday, as the United States and Israel launched an attack on Iran, and Iran retaliated.

Wizz Air announced on Saturday morning that it had cancelled all flights to Israel, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Amman until March 7, with this impacting its services linking Larnaca with both Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi.

As such, the Saturday afternoon inbound flight from Tel Aviv was the first to be cancelled, with an outbound flight to Abu Dhabi later on Saturday afternoon also listed as cancelled on Larnaca’s departure boards.

Later in the day, Cyprus Airways cancelled its flights to and from Dubai and Beirut, though Middle East Airlines’ services between Larnaca and Beirut remain operational.

Gulf Air had been scheduled to operate flights between Bahrain and Larnaca, but Bahrain closed its airspace on Saturday, and as such, the flight from Bahrain never took off.

Meanwhile, Ryanair’s Saturday morning flight from Paphos to Amman and Air Haifa’s Saturday afternoon flights between both Larnaca Paphos and Haifa were all cancelled.

However, other flights linking Cyprus and the Middle East do thus far appear to be running as usual, with Qatar Airways’ inbound flight from Doha landing as scheduled.

Israeli airlines Sundor and Israir also cancelled their services between Larnaca and Tel Aviv, though no announcement has yet been made by Arkia regarding services to and from Larnaca.

Outside of eastbound flights, Emirates cancelled their services between Larnaca and Malta, as well as their services between Larnaca and Dubai.

Israir and Israeli flag carrier El Al, meanwhile, have repositioned a number of aircraft from their base in Tel Aviv to Larnaca, with the Cyprus Mail understanding that this is a precautionary measure to ensure they remain undamaged in the event of further developments in the conflict.