"Delta has paused flights to Tel Aviv (TLV) from New York-JFK through August 31 in response to the current conflict in the region," Delta wrote in a statement on Friday. "Customer

Airlines around the world are scrubbing flights to the Middle East in the wake of Israel’s strikes on Iran. The skies over a swath of the region emptied as Israel, Iran, Iraq, Jordan and Syria shut their airspace and airlines rerouted.

Global air traffic has been disrupted following Israel’s strikes on Iran Friday, with several major airlines suspending flights to and from locations in the Middle East and rerouting their planes to avoid much of the region’s airspace.