Dubai welcomes first Tehran flight after wartime hiatus
A flight from Tehran landed at Dubai International Airport on Monday, marking the first direct service from the Iranian capital since the US-Israel war with Iran disrupted regional aviation.
According to ISNA, the Iranian Consulate General in Dubai announced in a statement, "Sepehran Airlines flight, which departed from Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport, landed at Dubai International Airport at 13:18 local time."
A return flight from Dubai to Tehran was scheduled to depart later Monday. Before the conflict, dozens of flights operated every week between the UAE and Iran. UAE operators, including flydubai and Air Arabia, are yet to resume operations between Iran and
the UAE.
While the route has reopened, flight availability remains limited. Sepehran’s website, flysepehran.com, showed only sporadic availability for Dubai services, with the next Tehran-Dubai flight listed for Wednesday and another scheduled for July 8.
The reopening follows weeks of disruption after military strikes on Iran on February 28 triggered closure of the region’s airspace.
Iran’s airspace gradually reopened after a ceasefire was reached between Washington and Tehran on April 8, ending a 40-day conflict launched by the US-Israeli coalition in late February.
Last month, Imam Khomeini International Airport City Chief Executive Ramin Kashef-Azar said foreign airlines were in talks to resume flights to Iran and had announced their readiness to return to the market. He said negotiations were underway as conditions stabilized following the
conflict.