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Iran's Airlines Just Got Shut Down Worldwide, Here's What That Actually Means for Your Flight Through the Gulf

The US triggered sweeping sanctions on Iran's airlines on 23 September 2026; Gulf hub airports and the routes through them are operating normally.

By Laxman Rawal · Sep 23, 2026

Key facts New US secondary sanctions on Iran's aviation sector took effect 23 September 2026 Iran cancelled its own flights to Baghdad and Muscat from midnight local time that day The US Treasury had already sanctioned 27 Iranian airlines and 9 service…

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What did the US actually sanction, and when did it take effect?

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on 22 September that secondary sanctions on global aviation-service providers — fuel suppliers, ground handlers, ticket agents — would force every Iranian airline to stop flying from 23 September, telling CNBC "on…

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Which flights have actually been cancelled so far?

Only Iran's own international routes, and only two of them: Iran's Civil Aviation Organization cancelled flights to Baghdad and Muscat from midnight local time on 23 September, as regional airports began restricting Iranian carriers under the new US pressure…

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Does this affect your flight through Dubai, Doha or Istanbul?

For almost everyone booked on a major international carrier, no. Gulf hubs in the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman are described by aviation trackers as largely operational, and the airlines that route millions of American, British and Australian travellers…

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What this means if you are flying to Nepal, or through this region

Most Everest and Annapurna trekkers reach Kathmandu through exactly the hubs named above — Doha on Qatar Airways, Dubai on Emirates or flydubai, or Istanbul on Turkish Airlines — and none of those routings run anywhere near Iranian airspace, even before this…

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