Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines (PGSUS) has cancelled all Iran, Iraq and Jordan flights until June 19 amid Israel's attack on Iran, the carrier said on June 13.

Lebanon flights, it added, would be rescheduled so that all the flights land in the country during day-time hours.

Pegasus is based at Sabiha Gokcen Airport on the Anatolian, Asian side of Istanbul.

Two Emirates Airbus A380 aircraft that were flying Manchester-Dubai and London-Dubai routes when Israel commenced hostilities against Iran on June 13 diverted to land at Istanbul Airport on the European side of the city.

Aircraft of Turkish Airlines (THYAO) and its low-cost unit AJet, which were flying to Tehran, landed at Heydar Aliyev Airport in the Azeri capital Baku. Diversions meant landings were also made there by aircraft operated by international airlines including Fly Dubai, Air Arabia, Jazeera Airways and Etihad Airways.

A total of 32 aircraft that were flying from Europe and America landed in Cyprus.

AJet announced that it has cancelled all Iran, Iraq and Jordan flights until June 16. Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) has cancelled its Tehran, Dubai and Tel Aviv flights.

Germany’s Lufthansa cancelled all its Iran flights while flydubai cancelled all of its flights to Jordan, Syria, Israel and Iran.

Air traffic is being directed to the Turkey-Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan route in the north or to the Egypt-Saudi Arabia route in the south.

Israel has closed Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, while its flag carrier El Al, along with another local carrier, Israir, cancelled all incoming and outbound flights to and from Israel.

Air India and Qatar Airways were also redirecting their routes.