Flights canceled at Bahrain
Gulf Air and Flydubai canceled more than a dozen flights at Bahrain International Airport, affecting routes to Dubai, Singapore, Muscat, Riyadh, Jeddah, Lahore, Islamabad and Dhaka, according to local reports (nomadlawyer.org). The report frames the cancellations as part of wider regional disruptions that have forced reroutings and schedule changes across Gulf carriers (nomadlawyer.org).
More than a week after Bahrain reopened its airspace, flights at Bahrain International Airport were still being canceled and delayed, including Gulf Air and flydubai services. (bna.bh) (bahrainairport.bh) Bahrain’s Civil Aviation Affairs said on April 8 that the kingdom had reopened its airspace after a temporary closure tied to “recent developments in the region.” The same day, Bahrain Airport Company said flights would return only gradually. (bna.bh 1) (bna.bh 2) That meant the reopening did not restore the old timetable overnight. Bahrain Airport’s passenger guidance says operations are still resuming gradually and tells travelers to check directly with airlines for schedule changes, rebooking and refunds. (bahrainairport.bh 1) (bahrainairport.bh 2) The disruption reached beyond Bahrain because Gulf carriers have been flying around restricted or sensitive airspace. flydubai said on March 31 that it was operating a reduced schedule across its network and that some flight times and Dubai transit times were longer because of temporary rerouting. (flydubai.com) Gulf Air posted similar flexibility for affected passengers. On its booking page last week, the airline said passengers on flights through April 15, 2026 could request a full refund, and ticket holders with original travel dates through April 15 could rebook onto Gulf Air-operated flights through June 30 without a change fee. (gulfair.com) The airport’s live departures board now shows some Bahrain-Dubai and Bahrain-Riyadh services operating again, but not all flights are back to normal. A Bahrain Airport departures page crawled yesterday listed one Dubai-bound flydubai flight as delayed while later Dubai, Jeddah and Riyadh departures were shown as on time. (bahrainairport.bh) The stop-start pattern follows weeks of heavier disruption. On February 28, Bahrain’s Civil Aviation Affairs warned that flights at Bahrain International Airport could be diverted, canceled or rescheduled because Bahrain’s airspace and some neighboring countries’ airspace had been closed. (bna.bh) Gulf Air also built a workaround during the closure by expanding temporary operations through Dammam in Saudi Arabia in mid-March. That gave stranded passengers another way to connect while Bahrain’s own airport remained constrained. (bna.bh) For passengers in Bahrain, the practical picture is narrower than the headline number of canceled flights: the airspace is open, the airport is operating, and schedules are still being rebuilt route by route. The airport and both airlines are telling travelers to check flight status before leaving for the terminal. (bahrainairport.bh) (gulfair.com) (flydubai.com)
