Middle East Situation Update – Impact on Airfreight Shipments
We would like to share our latest update on the escalation of the Middle East Conflict and the impact on Airfreight:
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Janine Seemke
Global Head of Airfreight
P: +49 40 32335554M:+49 173 3893139
E: janine.seemke@bertling.com
- Flights to Tel Aviv (TLV) and Tehran (IKA) are suspended until 31 July 2025.
- Bookings and acceptance of shipments to the above-mentioned hubs are not possible until further notice. Customers have the option of picking up your shipment from our hubs at no additional charge. Please use our eServices to request a route cancellation and pickup from the hubs or to request return transport to the point of origin.
- Flights to Beirut (BEY) are suspended until 30 June 2025. Flights to Amman (AMM) and Erbil (EBL) are suspended until 11 July 2025.
- Bookings and acceptance of shipments for temperature-sensitive shipments (ACT, PAS, ICE, PER), time-critical shipments (BXO), animal transports (AVI, AVP, AVX)and corpse repatriations (HUM) are not possible until further notice. (Source: Current information - Lufthansa Cargo).
Limited Flight Options, cost increases, limited availability
Other Airlines, such as Silk, continue to operate in Dubai, which causes longer flight durations due to different flight rotations. The airline continues its flights to Damman and Kuwait as per regular schedule, but all flights to Tel Aviv and Beirut have been cancelled.
Cargolux continues to operate flights to Dubai and Bahrain, but to Kuwait only based on express service rates. (Source: https://www.skycargo.com/my-shipments/service-updates-alerts/).
The embargo on cargo remains in place for Iran (Tehran) and Iraq (Baghdad, Erbil and Basra) until 30 June 2025.
Due to the ongoing geopolitical instability in the region, additional fuel is being uplifted on flights departing from Dubai. This may result in payload constraints and shipment offloads.
